FDA Approves Zepatier for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C for Genotypes 1 and 4

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Zepatier with or without ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Jan 28, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • At Your Service: CDC’s Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Provide Guidance...

    By Elizabeth Pace, Public Health Advisor, Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention If...

    Jan 27, 2016 | Katie Regan

  • Adherence 2016: Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat: The Power of Change

    Conference registration is now open and abstracts are being accepted for Adherence 2016 which will take place from May 9-11 in Fort...

    Jan 21, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Join NACCHO’s HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network

    NACCHO is forming an HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network to provide situational awareness of local health department...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • DASH Releases Healthy Students, Promising Futures Toolkit

    The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released the Healthy Students,...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • NACCHO Hosts First Health in All Policies (HiAP) Workshop in Richmond, VA

    On December 8-9 2015 the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in conjunction with Institute for Public...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Bridget Kerner

  • Funding Opportunity: CIFOR Guidelines and Toolkit Implementation Training Grants

    The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) has announced the availability of training grants for implementation of...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • SOPHIA’s Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Practitioner Workshop

    SOPHIA’s HIA Practitioner Workshop (formerly HIA of the Americas) will take place March 7-8, 2016 at The California Endowment in...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Bridget Kerner

  • Foodborne Illness Outbreak Response Materials Available for Order

    The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) is a multidisciplinary working group convened to increase collaboration...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Amy Chang

  • FDA Approves Zepatier for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C for Genotypes 1 and 4

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Zepatier with or without ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) for genotypes 1 and 4 in adults. An estimated 3.5 million people in the United States are infected with chronic HCV and genotype 1 is the most common genotype. The safety and efficacy of Zepatier […]

    Jan 28, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    At Your Service: CDC’s Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence Provide Guidance and Resources for Local and State Health Departments

    By Elizabeth Pace, Public Health Advisor, Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention If your New Year’s resolution is to improve your health department’s foodborne illness investigations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence (CoEs) can help. The CoEs were established under the […]

    Jan 27, 2016 | Katie Regan

    Adherence 2016: Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat: The Power of Change

    Conference registration is now open and abstracts are being accepted for Adherence 2016 which will take place from May 9-11 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Adherence 2016 is the premiere conference dedicated to the presentation and discussion of HIV treatment and biomedical prevention adherence research, as well as current behavioral and clinical perspectives in practicum, within […]

    Jan 21, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Join NACCHO’s HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network

    NACCHO is forming an HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis Sentinel Network to provide situational awareness of local health department activities, needs, challenges, and successes. The Sentinel Network will be a critical mechanism for gathering the local health department perspective so that NACCHO can fulfill its mission to be a leader, partner, catalyst, and voice for […]

    Jan 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    DASH Releases Healthy Students, Promising Futures Toolkit

    The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released the Healthy Students, Promising Futures toolkit with tools and resources developed for healthcare providers, educational agencies, and state and community leaders. These materials focus on five high impact opportunities and were designed to increase access to health insurance to...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    NACCHO Hosts First Health in All Policies (HiAP) Workshop in Richmond, VA

    On December 8-9 2015 the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in conjunction with Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI), Creating Community Change Consulting, and the Richmond City Health District, conducted Richmond, Virginia’s first Health in All Policies Workshop. Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a change in the systems that determine […]

    Jan 20, 2016 | Bridget Kerner

    Funding Opportunity: CIFOR Guidelines and Toolkit Implementation Training Grants

    The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) has announced the availability of training grants for implementation of the Second Edition of the CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response and the CIFOR Toolkit. The CIFOR Guidelines improve public health foodborne disease outbreak detection and response. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide […]

    Jan 20, 2016 | Amy Chang

    SOPHIA’s Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Practitioner Workshop

    SOPHIA’s HIA Practitioner Workshop (formerly HIA of the Americas) will take place March 7-8, 2016 at The California Endowment in Oakland, CA. The Workshop is intended for current practitioners of Health Impact Assessment interested in strategic field building. Attendees at the two-day workshop will learn and share ideas through presentations, and further the practice of HIA in small working...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Bridget Kerner

    Foodborne Illness Outbreak Response Materials Available for Order

    The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) is a multidisciplinary working group convened to increase collaboration across the country and across relevant areas of expertise in order to reduce the burden of foodborne illness in the United States. NACCHO has hard copies of the Second Edition of the CIFOR Guidelines and the CIFOR Industry Guidelines available […]

    Jan 20, 2016 | Amy Chang

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