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New Resource: A Physician’s Guide to Climate Change, Health and Equity
The Public Health Institute’s Center for Climate Change and Health, in partnership with the California Medical Association...
Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Call for Proposals: 2017 CEHN Research Conference
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) welcomes the submission of abstracts and session proposals for the 2017...
Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Nomination Deadline Extended: Friends of NCBDDD Executive Committee
The Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) is currently seeking nominations for its...
Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Now Streaming: Lessons from Ebola and Zika
The Harvard Global Health Institute hosted a webinar featuring Ron Klain, former White House Ebola Response Coordinator (full bio...
Sep 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
IDSA Initiatives Seek to Overcome Antibiotic Resistance
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is undertaking several policy-oriented initiatives to combat antimicrobial...
Sep 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Now Streaming: 2nd Annual Amoeba Summit
A recording of the 2nd Annual Amoeba Summit is now available. The summit, presented by Florida Hospital For Children, was held at the...
Sep 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Retro Poster Series Highlights the Battle of “Human vs. Pathogen”
The Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) developed a series of retro-style posters to highlight the ages-old, microscopic...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Study Estimates National Trends in Antibiotic Use Among US Hospitals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just published a study estimating patterns of US inpatient antibiotic use in...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
New York Health Center Increases PrEP Uptake by Transgender Clients
The need to prevent HIV infections and improve the health of transgender men and women is urgent. Although there are very few data on...
Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
New Resource: A Physician’s Guide to Climate Change, Health and EquityThe Public Health Institute’s Center for Climate Change and Health, in partnership with the California Medical Association Foundation, the Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations and the National Medical Association, is releasing a new resource to strengthen and inform the physician voice on climate change, health and equity. The document, titled, A Physician’s Guide to Climate Change,... Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Call for Proposals: 2017 CEHN Research ConferenceThe Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) welcomes the submission of abstracts and session proposals for the 2017 Children’s Environmental Health Translational Research Conference: New Challenges, taking place on April 5-7, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. This “biennial research conference is the premier event for researchers in the children’s environmental health field to... Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Nomination Deadline Extended: Friends of NCBDDD Executive CommitteeThe Friends of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) is currently seeking nominations for its 2017-2018 Executive Committee, including Chair, Vice Chair, and two Member at Large positions. Executive committee members provide leadership and support to the Friends of NCBDDD objectives, which include: Serve as a conduit between participant organizations and... Sep 21, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Now Streaming: Lessons from Ebola and ZikaThe Harvard Global Health Institute hosted a webinar featuring Ron Klain, former White House Ebola Response Coordinator (full bio here) in a panel with Dr. Ashish K. Jha, Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute. Mr. Klain will talk about his work during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak and the lessons we must learn in order to prepare for […] Sep 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
IDSA Initiatives Seek to Overcome Antibiotic ResistanceThe Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is undertaking several policy-oriented initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance. Check them out below and learn how your local health department can support these activities: Antibiotic Development: The 10x’20 Initiative: IDSA’s regulatory and legislative effort to spur research and development of new antibiotics to treat serious... Sep 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Now Streaming: 2nd Annual Amoeba SummitA recording of the 2nd Annual Amoeba Summit is now available. The summit, presented by Florida Hospital For Children, was held at the Florida Hospital Seventh-Day Adventist Church on September 9, 2016. Discussions focused on Naegleria fowleri, the amoeba that is found in freshwater and causes Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), and provided information on: Early identification of signs... Sep 20, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Retro Poster Series Highlights the Battle of “Human vs. Pathogen”The Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) developed a series of retro-style posters to highlight the ages-old, microscopic battle between parasites, bacteria, viruses and human immune systems; in essence, the battle of “Human vs. Pathogen.” The poster designs were inspired by a combination of World War-era public health propaganda posters, classic movie posters, and comic book... Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Study Estimates National Trends in Antibiotic Use Among US HospitalsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just published a study estimating patterns of US inpatient antibiotic use in recent years. The findings showed more widespread use by U.S. hospitals of powerful antibiotics designed to fight infections when less-robust antibiotics fail, which the researchers described as a “worrisome” development as bacteria grow increasingly immune to... Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
New York Health Center Increases PrEP Uptake by Transgender ClientsThe need to prevent HIV infections and improve the health of transgender men and women is urgent. Although there are very few data on trans men, it is estimated that, globally, trans women have an HIV prevalence of 19%—49 times higher than that of the general population. In high-income countries, the prevalence is estimated to […] Sep 19, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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