The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
September is Sepsis Awareness Month and CDC encourages its partners, patients, and healthcare professionals to share how sepsis can be...
Sep 07, 2022 | Jaclyn Abramson
Kick off U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) with NACCHO as a partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Nov 18, 2021 | Jaclyn Abramson
Two recent CDC publications show antibiotic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic decreased across outpatient and nursing home...
Jun 01, 2021 | Kimberly Nalley
CDC’s Dr. Neuhauser and Pew’s Dr. Hyun share progress that has been made in improving antibiotic stewardship since 2015 and outline...
May 04, 2021 | Kimberly Nalley
CDC has updated its gonorrhea treatment guidelines to recommend treating infections with a single, higher dosage injection of...
Dec 17, 2020 | Shalesha Majors
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the next National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant...
Oct 09, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
CDC recently began reporting data on carbapenemase genes detected through nationwide testing in CDC’s AR Lab Network.
Jun 24, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide. In the United States, a total of...
Mar 24, 2020 | Christina Baum
CDC invested more than $14 million last year in academic and healthcare innovators and other researchers to combat antibiotic...
Jan 28, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
September is Sepsis Awareness Month and CDC encourages its partners, patients, and healthcare professionals to share how sepsis can be prevented. Get Ahead of Sepsis is a national educational effort that emphasizes the importance of early recognition, timely treatment, reassessment of antibiotic needs, and prevention of infections.
Kick off U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) with NACCHO as a partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, Nov 18 through Nov 24!
Two recent CDC publications show antibiotic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic decreased across outpatient and nursing home settings.
CDC’s Dr. Neuhauser and Pew’s Dr. Hyun share progress that has been made in improving antibiotic stewardship since 2015 and outline three key ways to meet targets for improving antibiotic use through antibiotic stewardship programs.
CDC has updated its gonorrhea treatment guidelines to recommend treating infections with a single, higher dosage injection of ceftriaxone. A two-drug approach is no longer recommended.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the next National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB), 2020-2025, which presents coordinated, strategic actions that the United States Government will take in the next five years to improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans by changing the course of antibiotic resistance.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide. In the United States, a total of 9,029 new cases of TB were reported in 2018, and it is estimated that up to 13 million individuals are living with latent TB infection. Multidrug resistant TB is a growing global threat and, while still […]
CDC invested more than $14 million last year in academic and healthcare innovators and other researchers to combat antibiotic resistance (AR), according to the agency’s latest AR Investment Map—totaling more than $125 million toward innovation, plus millions more to public health departments, since 2016. The interactive map shows CDC’s commitment to discover, test, and scale […]
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