FDA Releases Rules on Produce and Imported Foods to Modernize and Strengthen Food...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized three new rules to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. The rules include...

Nov 17, 2015 | Amy Chang

  • Communications and Marketing: A Foundational Capability for Local Health Departments

    Can your residents describe what your local health department does? In 2002, only 29% of residents served by the Yellowstone...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

  • CDC Releases Its Annual Report “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014”

    Today, the CDC released its annual report, “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014.” The data are based on state...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Findings Now Available from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’s Special Projects of...

    The Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has presented findings and lessons from a four-year...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Learn about NACCHO’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Efforts During Get...

    Get Smart About Antibiotics Week is an annual observance to engage relevant stakeholders, including professional societies, advocacy...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Christina Baum

  • Archived Webinar Available: Opioid Abuse in the U.S.: An Urgent Public Health Crisis

    The National Institute for Healthcare Management recently hosted a webinar on public- and private-sector efforts to prevent opioid...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual Meeting

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • CMS Issues Important HCV Treatment Access Guidance to States

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued important new guidance to states, addressing restrictions that state...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Join NACCHO at the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference

    NACCHO will present on building the infrastructure for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention at local health departments...

    Nov 13, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • FDA Releases Rules on Produce and Imported Foods to Modernize and Strengthen Food Safety System

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized three new rules to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. The rules include the Produce Safety rule, the Foreign Supplier Verification programs (FSVP) rule, and the Accredited Third-Party Certification rule. Learn more about the rules on FDA’s website.

    Nov 17, 2015 | Amy Chang

    Communications and Marketing: A Foundational Capability for Local Health Departments

    Can your residents describe what your local health department does? In 2002, only 29% of residents served by the Yellowstone City-County Health Department (now RiverStone Health) in Billings, MT could say that they had ever heard of the health department. However, thanks to the health department leadership’s investments in a rebranding effort, 10 years later, 88% of residents were able […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

    CDC Releases Its Annual Report “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014”

    Today, the CDC released its annual report, “Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2014.” The data are based on state and local STD case reports from a variety of private and public sources. In 2014, increases were seen in all three nationally reported STDs- chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Chlamydia: There was an overall rate increase of 2.8%  from […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Findings Now Available from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’s Special Projects of National Significance Hep C Initiative

    The Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has presented findings and lessons from a four-year demonstration project that supported 29 organizations implementing focused interventions designed to increase access to and completion of hepatitis C (HCV) treatment for people also living with HIV. Among the estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Learn about NACCHO’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Efforts During Get Smart about Antibiotics Week

    Get Smart About Antibiotics Week is an annual observance to engage relevant stakeholders, including professional societies, advocacy groups, for-profit companies, state and local health departments, the general public, the media, and others around antibiotic stewardship in the outpatient, inpatient, and animal health settings. This year, Get Smart Week is observed November 16-22. NACCHO is...

    Nov 17, 2015 | Christina Baum

    Archived Webinar Available: Opioid Abuse in the U.S.: An Urgent Public Health Crisis

    The National Institute for Healthcare Management recently hosted a webinar on public- and private-sector efforts to prevent opioid overdose and death, including initiatives to ensure appropriate prescription of pain medications and to expand access to addiction treatment. Between 1999 and 2013, the amount of prescription painkillers dispensed in the U.S. quadrupled. In roughly the same […]

    Nov 17, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Access Archived Materials from NCSD’s 2015 Annual Meeting

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) held their annual meeting in Savannah, GA in October. Presentation topics reflected the wide range of issues affecting HIV and STD programs across the country, including staffing, evaluation, performance outcome measures, surveillance, state policy to the re-emergence of congenital syphilis, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention, and adapting...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    CMS Issues Important HCV Treatment Access Guidance to States

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued important new guidance to states, addressing restrictions that state Medicaid programs and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) have instituted to limit access to newer treatments for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). These restrictions were outlined in a June 2015 journal article, “Restrictions for Medicaid Reimbursement of...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Join NACCHO at the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference

    NACCHO will present on building the infrastructure for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention at local health departments at the 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference (NHPC). NACCHO staff will join panelists for session C 26- “PrEP: Infrastructure and Intervention Models” at 1:30-3:00 PM EST on December 8. The session will present local and state health departments’...

    Nov 13, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

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