The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new practice guidelines for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant...
Nov 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will hold a public meeting on October 21, 2019, to hear from a broad...
Sep 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The opioid crisis in the United States has led to increased hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among younger populations of people who...
Sep 23, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
To expand use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), interventions to increase PrEP awareness, should encourage health care providers...
Sep 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In response to three significant foodborne illness outbreaks that affected the City’s Latino and Somali communities in 2013, MEH...
Sep 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will hold a public meeting on September 27, 2019, to give interested parties...
Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Over the past few years the FDA’s National Retail Food Team’s (NRFT) Industry Outreach Work group created materials and story board...
Jul 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Institutes of Health has launched the Long-Acting Therapy to Improve Treatment Success in Daily Life (LATITUDE) study,...
May 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Legionella Conference 2019 provides a unique opportunity for sustained discussions on how we can align our water and energy...
Mar 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new practice guidelines for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. The guidelines were developed by CDC, the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the European Respiratory Society. The […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will hold a public meeting on October 21, 2019, to hear from a broad cross-section of stakeholders on a modern approach, called “A New Era of Smarter Food Safety,” that the agency is planning to take to strengthen its protection of the food supply.
The opioid crisis in the United States has led to increased hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among younger populations of people who inject drugs (PWID) and other vulnerable populations, who often seek care at community health centers.
To expand use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), interventions to increase PrEP awareness, should encourage health care providers to discuss PrEP, destigmatize PrEP use, and promote racial/ethnic equity in PrEP access. PrEP is a daily oral pill that reduces the risk for sexual acquisition of HIV by about 99% when taken daily as prescribed.
In response to three significant foodborne illness outbreaks that affected the City’s Latino and Somali communities in 2013, MEH developed Somali language Certified Food Protection Manager Training (CFPM) and a Latino Food Service Worker training.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will hold a public meeting on September 27, 2019, to give interested parties an opportunity to discuss FDA’s effort to modernize food standards of identity and to provide information about changes the FDA could make to existing standards of identity. FDA is particularly interested in changes that could […]
Over the past few years the FDA’s National Retail Food Team’s (NRFT) Industry Outreach Work group created materials and story board posters (formerly known as Oral Culture) to be used for food safety training or for posting in employee work areas. These 8.5 x 11 story boards present visual depictions of scenarios that focus on […]
The National Institutes of Health has launched the Long-Acting Therapy to Improve Treatment Success in Daily Life (LATITUDE) study, which compares monthly injectable antiretroviral therapy to daily oral drugs in people unable to adhere to strict daily regimens. The trial is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious and will be conducted by […]
The Legionella Conference 2019 provides a unique opportunity for sustained discussions on how we can align our water and energy sustainability and public health goals. Hosted by NSF International and NEHA on September 11–13 in Los Angeles, CA, the conference will focus on water conservation and the prevention of Legionella and other waterborne pathogens Oral presentations will be given […]
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