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The opioid epidemic has increased the number of people who inject drugs in the US, and thereby substantially increased the risk of...
Apr 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
FEATURED BLOGS ‘Nothing About Us, Without Us’: Advancing Health through a Youth-Driven Lens Written by Cameron Estrada...
Apr 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Medscape introduced a new FREE...
Mar 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention released a...
Mar 26, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medical Association (HIVMA) released three documents highlighting and...
Mar 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Dynavax Technologies, developers of the first new hepatitis B vaccine in 25 years, released an infographic to educate the health...
Mar 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
As part of this year’s Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge, the National Alliance of State and...
Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Below is a press release from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable. CDC Recommended HEPLISAV-B Vaccine to Prevent Hepatitis B in...
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is now recommending that anyone over the age of 12 months should be vaccinated for...
Feb 27, 2018 | Amy Chang
The opioid epidemic has increased the number of people who inject drugs in the US, and thereby substantially increased the risk of transmission of blood-borne viruses, including HIV, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus through use of shared equipment. Advanced planning can facilitate an effective coordinated response for communities faced with the possibility of […]
FEATURED BLOGS ‘Nothing About Us, Without Us’: Advancing Health through a Youth-Driven Lens Written by Cameron Estrada School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) have been a safe haven and a reliable resource for me throughout middle and high school. Now as a college student, I still advocate for youth health and leadership with the School Based Health […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Medscape introduced a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes recommendations regarding prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the United States, based on updated guidance from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This activity is intended for...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention released a supplemental HIV surveillance report on “Estimated HIV Incidence and Prevalence in the United States, 2010–2015.” The annual HIV Surveillance Report provides an overview on the current epidemiology of HIV disease in the United States and dependent...
The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medical Association (HIVMA) released three documents highlighting and recommending policy changes to advance solutions to the infectious diseases consequences of the opioid epidemic.The national opioid crisis is fueling a rise in infectious diseases including HIV, viral hepatitis and bacterial infections such as infective endocarditis...
Dynavax Technologies, developers of the first new hepatitis B vaccine in 25 years, released an infographic to educate the health sector and consumers about the vaccine, which has been approved for prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults age 18 years and older. In particular, the infographic highlights the […]
As part of this year’s Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released another installment in a series of success stories collected from around the nation. This installment features programs from Alabama and Indiana and highlights their health department’s efforts to […]
Below is a press release from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable. CDC Recommended HEPLISAV-B Vaccine to Prevent Hepatitis B in Adults; FDA Granted Orphan Drug Designation to Tenofovir Exalidex (TXL) to Treat the Virus in Children SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 5, 2018) – The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR), a national coalition working together to […]
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is now recommending that anyone over the age of 12 months should be vaccinated for hepatitis A after the fact if they have been exposed to the virus. The new recommendations are not considered final until they are published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and […]
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