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The 2017-18 flu season was high in its severity for all age groups, underscoring the importance of flu vaccination. The United States...
Jun 12, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Today is the last day of Hepatitis Awareness Month. Our final blog post of the month focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV) and its...
May 31, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Antibiotics save millions of lives. Infectious bacterial diseases that were once deadly are now treatable with antibiotics....
May 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Hill hosted a symposium to convene lawmakers, educators, physicians and addiction experts for a conversation about the role...
May 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The United States Agency for International Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes for...
May 21, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on Access to Syringe...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article in PLOS One about a new rabies test that can more easily and...
May 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On May 7, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
May 15, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Meghan McGinty, PhD, MPH, MBA, Deputy Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, and Michelle Cantu, MPH, Director of Infectious...
May 14, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The 2017-18 flu season was high in its severity for all age groups, underscoring the importance of flu vaccination. The United States 2017–18 influenza season (October 1, 2017–May 19, 2018) was a high severity season with high levels of outpatient clinic and emergency department visits for influenza-like illness (ILI), high influenza-related hospitalization rates, and elevated and […]
Today is the last day of Hepatitis Awareness Month. Our final blog post of the month focuses on hepatitis C virus (HCV) and its disproportionate impact on people who inject drugs (PWID). What is Hepatitis C? Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by HCV. For some people, HCV is a short-term, acute illness. Approximately […]
Antibiotics save millions of lives. Infectious bacterial diseases that were once deadly are now treatable with antibiotics. Unfortunately, 30 percent of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary and potentially dangerous. Antibiotics can cause side-effects ranging from mild to severe. Antibiotic resistance is a serious public health issue. Each year around two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths...
The Hill hosted a symposium to convene lawmakers, educators, physicians and addiction experts for a conversation about the role prevention can play in curbing opioid addiction in teenagers. The discussion sought to answer: What steps should be taken by family members, physicians, schools, public health officials and leaders in Congress to prevent the misuse of prescription drugs? How […]
The United States Agency for International Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes for Health have released the Year Two Report on the implementation of the National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Read the report now.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on Access to Syringe Services Programs — Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia, 2013–2017. The report explores how syringe services programs (SSPs) can mitigate the infectious disease consequences of the opioid epidemic and discusses the challenges that some states face in standing...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article in PLOS One about a new rabies test that can more easily and precisely diagnose rabies infection in animals suspected of having rabies. With this new test, people exposed to potentially rabid animals may not have to undergo the month-long regimen of shots to make […]
On May 7, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hosted a one-day symposium on how public health has advanced since the 1918 flu pandemic. In the context of the centenary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, experts from academia and government discussed current […]
By Meghan McGinty, PhD, MPH, MBA, Deputy Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, and Michelle Cantu, MPH, Director of Infectious Diseases and Immunization, NACCHO The month of May is designated as Hepatitis Awareness Month in the United States and May 19th is Hepatitis Testing Day. During this month, NACCHO will highlight the role of local […]
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