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Call for Nominations: 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion Award
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Serving Food Safety during the Holidays
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of foodborne illness prevention and response. LHDs are responsible for food...
Dec 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
VIDEO: Success Stories from CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Funding Opportunity: Addressing the Disparity in Vaccination Coverage Among U.S....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking proposals for a $1,050,000 funding opportunity that aims to obtain a...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NFID Tdap Awareness Campaign
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), in collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, has recently launched a new Tdap...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Do You Know the Flu? – A Healthcare Provider Toolkit
It’s flu season and a critical time for healthcare professionals to take a proactive role in recommending an annual influenza...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Funding Opportunity: RWHAP Part C Capacity Development
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part C Capacity Development Program notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) was released on...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Approach to a Global Threat
As of 2017, the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance continues unabated around the world, leaving devastating health and...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Call for Nominations: 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion AwardThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) has opened nominations for the 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion Award. The Champion Award is intended to recognize individuals who are working at the local level, and honors those who are doing an exemplary job to promote childhood immunizations in their... Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Serving Food Safety during the HolidaysLocal health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of foodborne illness prevention and response. LHDs are responsible for food safety inspections, epidemiological surveillance, the investigation of foodborne illness, and educating the public on food safety. As we enter the time of year when seasonal gatherings abound, we are reminded that LHDs are an essential […] Dec 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
VIDEO: Success Stories from CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system used to capture environmental assessment data from foodborne illness outbreak investigations. In this 5-minute video, produced by the National Environmental Health Association, four current NEARS participants share how NEARS has helped their program. Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Funding Opportunity: Addressing the Disparity in Vaccination Coverage Among U.S. Adolescents Living in Rural Versus Urban AreasThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking proposals for a $1,050,000 funding opportunity that aims to obtain a better understanding of the factors contributing to disparities in vaccination coverage observed between adolescents living in rural areas compared to adolescents living in urban areas within the United States for all recommended vaccines, especially […] Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NFID Tdap Awareness CampaignThe National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), in collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, has recently launched a new Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis vaccine) awareness campaign. The campaign focuses on the importance of disease prevention through vaccination. Pertussis (whooping cough) is a serious infection that spreads easily from person to person. The infection can cause coughing... Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Do You Know the Flu? – A Healthcare Provider ToolkitIt’s flu season and a critical time for healthcare professionals to take a proactive role in recommending an annual influenza (flu) vaccination for everyone 6 months of age and older to protect against this serious, but vaccine-preventable disease. To support healthcare professionals in their important role, Families Fighting Flu has partnered with the National Association of […] Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health’s (DASH) initiative, Expanding Partnerships and Disseminating HIV Prevention Materials to Reduce HIV and other STDs among Adolescents through National Non-Governmental Organizations (PS16-1603). The initiative was created to increase education of key stakeholders... Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Funding Opportunity: RWHAP Part C Capacity DevelopmentThe Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part C Capacity Development Program notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) was released on Grants.gov. A copy of the NOFO and application package can be downloaded at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=295224. The purpose of this program is to strengthen organizational infrastructure to respond to the changing health care landscape... Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: A One Health Approach to a Global ThreatAs of 2017, the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance continues unabated around the world, leaving devastating health and economic outcomes in its wake. Those consequences will multiply if collaborative global action is not taken to address the spread of resistance. Major drivers of antimicrobial resistance in humans have been accelerated by inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing... Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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