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NARMS Antibiotic Resistance Report
The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System has released a report on a government analysis of 2015 data on antibiotic...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Fall Newsletter
The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence have just released the fall edition of their newsletter, Centered on Food Safety. The...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
Major Brands Implicated in Recall of Freshcut Veggies for Listeria
The Mann Packing Co. Inc. have recalled almost 150 freshcut vegetable products across the United States and Canada because for...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
New Webpage for Key Food Safety Modernization Act Dates
The US Food and Drug Administration has created a new webpage that lists compliance dates for rules that form the Food Safety...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
CSTE Funding Opportunity: Flu Near You
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity, entitled Confirmed Flu...
Nov 14, 2017 | Christina Baum
Vision Zero: A Prescription for our Nation’s Preventable Epidemic of Traffic Deaths
By: Kathleen Ferrier, Policy & Communications Director, Vision Zero Network Have you ever known someone who was involved in a...
Nov 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Funding Opportunity: HIV Hurricane Relief Effort
AIDS United’s HIV Hurricane Relief Effort, administered through the Southern HIV Impact Fund, provides funds to assist in...
Nov 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Dynavax Announces FDA Approval of HEPLISAV-B™ for Prevention of Hepatitis B in Adults
Dynavax Technologies Corporation announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved HEPLISAV-B [Hepatitis B...
Nov 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Black AIDS Institute Hosts Black Healthcare Access Tour
The Black AIDS Institute has kicked off the first-ever national Black Healthcare Access Tour. Over the next 6 weeks, the Institute...
Nov 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NARMS Antibiotic Resistance ReportThe National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System has released a report on a government analysis of 2015 data on antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens. Overall, antibiotic resistance was low, but there were notable increases in mulitidrug-resistant Salmonella and Camplyobacter. Read more about the report here. Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Fall NewsletterThe Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence have just released the fall edition of their newsletter, Centered on Food Safety. The newsletter includes: Whole Genome Sequencing Training for Epidemiologists Live Learning Communities Offer Tailored WGS Training Partner Spotlight: NACCHO Food Safety Workgroup Applied WGS Highlighted at CSTE Read the newsletter. Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Major Brands Implicated in Recall of Freshcut Veggies for ListeriaThe Mann Packing Co. Inc. have recalled almost 150 freshcut vegetable products across the United States and Canada because for Listeria. The recalled products includes a variety of “minimally processed vegetable products” and are packaged under several major brands, including Mann’s, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and others. Local health officials can notify their community about... Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
New Webpage for Key Food Safety Modernization Act DatesThe US Food and Drug Administration has created a new webpage that lists compliance dates for rules that form the Food Safety Modernization Act. The rules include the following: Preventive Controls for Human Food Preventive Controls for Animal Food Produce Safety Foreign Supplier Verification Sanitary Transportation Intentional Adulteration A graphic timeline that lists the key […] Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
CSTE Funding Opportunity: Flu Near YouThe Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity, entitled Confirmed Flu Near You: A Pilot Project to Assess Influenza Testing among the Flu Near You Community, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Skoll Global Threats Fund (SGTF), and the Computational Epidemiology Lab […] Nov 14, 2017 | Christina Baum |
Vision Zero: A Prescription for our Nation’s Preventable Epidemic of Traffic DeathsBy: Kathleen Ferrier, Policy & Communications Director, Vision Zero Network Have you ever known someone who was involved in a serious traffic crash? If you don’t know someone directly, odds are you know a friend of a friend who was. Did you ever stop to think whether the crash could have been prevented? Most likely […] Nov 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Funding Opportunity: HIV Hurricane Relief EffortAIDS United’s HIV Hurricane Relief Effort, administered through the Southern HIV Impact Fund, provides funds to assist in meeting the immediate and urgent needs of HIV organizations serving people living with, and at risk for HIV/AIDS, in regions affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The intent of the funding is to ensure HIV-related agencies impacted by […] Nov 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Dynavax Announces FDA Approval of HEPLISAV-B™ for Prevention of Hepatitis B in AdultsDynavax Technologies Corporation announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved HEPLISAV-B [Hepatitis B Vaccine, Recombinant (Adjuvanted)] for prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults age 18 years and older. HEPLISAV-B is the first new hepatitis B vaccine in the United States in more than […] Nov 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Black AIDS Institute Hosts Black Healthcare Access TourThe Black AIDS Institute has kicked off the first-ever national Black Healthcare Access Tour. Over the next 6 weeks, the Institute will be travelling to 17 cities to promote open enrollment by educating communities, mobilizing advocates, and increasing awareness around the current healthcare discussion happening in Washington. At each tour stop, Black AIDS Institute will […] Nov 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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