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Fungal Disease Awareness Week is October 1-5, 2018. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its partners organize...
Sep 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidance below to providers who are experiencing difficulty receiving...
Sep 21, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial...
Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released a new resource, Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programs: Tips...
Sep 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Disease Prevention and Response (Epidemiology) Branch within the National Park Service (NPS) Office of Public Health recently...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the final components of its...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a press release pertaining to the number of cases of measles...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kerry Premo
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
Sep 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
On Thursday August 23rd, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for the coming...
Aug 27, 2018 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Fungal Disease Awareness Week is October 1-5, 2018. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its partners organize this week to highlight the importance of recognizing serious fungal diseases early enough in the course of a patient’s illness to provide life-saving treatment. Some fungal diseases go undiagnosed and cause serious infections in people in […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidance below to providers who are experiencing difficulty receiving sufficient supplies of the Shingrix vaccine to meet demand. SHINGRIX DELAYS. As you are aware there are some limits and delays with the Shingrix vaccine due to high demand. CDC has prepared the following statement for health […]
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial resistance across the globe. The AMR Challenge is a way for governments, private industries, and non-governmental organizations worldwide to make formal commitments that further the progress against antimicrobial resistance. The challenge encourages a One Health...
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released a new resource, Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Programs: Tips for Optimizing Practice Management, which provides tips to help optimize flu immunization programs in obstetric–gynecologic practices. An obstetrician–gynecologist (ob-gyn) plays a crucial role in providing important information on influenza (flu) immunization for...
The Disease Prevention and Response (Epidemiology) Branch within the National Park Service (NPS) Office of Public Health recently launched a new website to highlight its work. The Branch serves to prevent, detect, and respond to disease transmission within the National Parks using a One Health perspective, which recognizes that the health of people, animals, and the environment are […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the final components of its four-section web-based training course on Antibiotic Stewardship. Section 3 will cover antibiotic stewardship considerations for the management of common outpatient conditions and dentistry, while Section 4 is all about antibiotic stewardship in emergency departments,...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a press release pertaining to the number of cases of measles in the U.S. According to CDC, 107 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 21 states and the District of Columbia in 2018. Comparatively, in all of 2017, 118 people from 15 […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to kosher chicken. As of August 27, 2018, 17 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- have been reported from four...
On Thursday August 23rd, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for the coming 2018-2019 influenza season. These recommendations were featured in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), “Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.” Updated information for the...
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