Take Action! August is National Immunization Awareness Month

National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance to promote the importance of vaccination for people of all ages....

Jul 28, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Gonorrhea Treatment

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a media statement indicating that resistance to azithromycin, an...

    Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • 4th Annual National African American Hepatitis C Action Day

    The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc (NLBCA) is commemorating the 4th Annual National African American Hepatitis C...

    Jul 01, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • National HIV Testing Day: Is Your Local Health Department Engaged?

    June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. Please take to the comments to share how your local health department is engaging communities and...

    Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • Request for Proposal: Advocates for Youth Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Project

    Advocates for Youth is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for community-based organizations to receive capacity building...

    Jun 07, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

  • New York City Recognizes Hepatitis Testing Day and Highlights the Important Role...

    May 19 is Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States and provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of screening for...

    May 19, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local Level

    By Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and...

    Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author

  • NIH Launches Large Clinical Trials of Antibody-Based HIV Prevention

    The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has begun studies on three...

    Apr 08, 2016 | Alyson Jordan

  • Balancing Transparency and Integrity: How We Changed Public Notification of...

    The second half of 2015 felt like all foodborne illness, all the time. In the summer, we dealt with a statewide salmonella outbreak...

    Apr 07, 2016 | Guest Author

  • Take Action! August is National Immunization Awareness Month

    National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is an annual observance to promote the importance of vaccination for people of all ages. To facilitate local support of this national awareness effort, the National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) developed a scalable list of ways to get involved in NIAM. The range of suggested activities ensures that any local health department, regardless...

    Jul 28, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Antibiotic Resistance Threatens Gonorrhea Treatment

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a media statement indicating that resistance to azithromycin, an antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea, is emerging, according to CDC findings published in a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Read the media statement and MMWR to learn more.

    Jul 15, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    4th Annual National African American Hepatitis C Action Day

    The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc (NLBCA) is commemorating the 4th Annual National African American Hepatitis C Action Day (NAAHCAD) on July 25, 2016. Local health departments and organizations are encouraged to support the day by signing up to host activities in their communities.To encourage participation, organizations who sign up will receive a promotional package...

    Jul 01, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    National HIV Testing Day: Is Your Local Health Department Engaged?

    June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. Please take to the comments to share how your local health department is engaging communities and individuals to raise awareness, promote testing, and prevent HIV. Whether you got involved on social media or hosted a community testing event, we want to know!

    Jun 24, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    Request for Proposal: Advocates for Youth Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Project

    Advocates for Youth is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for community-based organizations to receive capacity building assistance through their Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Project. Advocates launched its Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Project almost 10 years ago, and seeks to build the capacity of organizations interested in and committed to improving the sexual health of all...

    Jun 07, 2016 | Kim Rodgers

    New York City Recognizes Hepatitis Testing Day and Highlights the Important Role LHDs Play in Addressing Viral Hepatitis

    May 19 is Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States and provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of screening for hepatitis B and C. It is estimated that up to 5 million Americans have viral hepatitis, but less than a third of people with chronic hepatitis B and just half of those with chronic […]

    May 19, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local Level

    By Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to promote the benefits of immunizations and to improve the health of children two years old or younger, and is taking place April 16-23, 2016. Since 1994, […]

    Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author

    NIH Launches Large Clinical Trials of Antibody-Based HIV Prevention

    The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has begun studies on three continents that could have broad implications for HIV prevention research. Enrollment has begun in the first of two multinational clinical trials of an intravenously delivered investigational antibody for preventing HIV infection. Known as the […]

    Apr 08, 2016 | Alyson Jordan

    Balancing Transparency and Integrity: How We Changed Public Notification of Potential Outbreaks

    The second half of 2015 felt like all foodborne illness, all the time. In the summer, we dealt with a statewide salmonella outbreak resulting from contamination at a supplier of whole hogs who sold to small food establishments in our county, as well as to individuals for backyard pig roasts.

    Apr 07, 2016 | Guest Author

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