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Using Data to Drive Public Health Strategy: ACIP’s Recommendation on FluMist
More and more, data is becoming a critical tool in honing public health practice to be most beneficial. The CDC’s Advisory Committee...
Jul 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Call for Resources: School-Based Influenza Vaccination Clinics with Injectable...
Per the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), LAIV, or FluMist, should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu...
Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
AVAC Shares Resources for HIV Vaccine Advocacy
The AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) collaborated with partners to develop a range of tools and resources for HIV Vaccine...
May 25, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
HHS Launches New Viral Hepatitis Website & Twitter Account
On Hepatitis Testing Day, May 19, HHS launched a new website about viral hepatitis that will support the work HHS is leading across...
May 19, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local Level
By Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and...
Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author
NIH Launches Large Clinical Trials of Antibody-Based HIV Prevention
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has begun studies on three...
Apr 08, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What...
By Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection...
Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author
Increasing Influenza Activity Reported
So far this year, influenza activity on a national scale has been relatively low, keeping it out of the mainstream media and in the...
Feb 03, 2016 | Christina Baum
What are Your Plans for National Infant Immunization Week?
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from...
Feb 01, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
Using Data to Drive Public Health Strategy: ACIP’s Recommendation on FluMistMore and more, data is becoming a critical tool in honing public health practice to be most beneficial. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP’s) recent vote on an interim recommendation for influenza vaccine highlights how and why evaluating public health practices benefits public health policies. Influenza (flu) causes substantial illness and death every […] Jul 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Call for Resources: School-Based Influenza Vaccination Clinics with Injectable VaccinePer the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), LAIV, or FluMist, should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu season. Since many school-based influenza vaccination clinics rely heavily on FluMist, or use it exclusively, it’s critical to begin sharing examples, experiences, and resources that will help these clinics develop and implement alternative vaccination programs.... Jun 29, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
AVAC Shares Resources for HIV Vaccine AdvocacyThe AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) collaborated with partners to develop a range of tools and resources for HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) and for year-round advocacy. This year’s HVAD tools and resources include: A quick, colorful and comprehensive HIV Vaccine Research Update. Four pages, five top-line updates. A speedy read designed to give a sense […] May 25, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
HHS Launches New Viral Hepatitis Website & Twitter AccountOn Hepatitis Testing Day, May 19, HHS launched a new website about viral hepatitis that will support the work HHS is leading across federal agencies and with partners across the nation to fight viral hepatitis. The new site features information about hepatitis B and hepatitis C and provides quick access to online tools that can […] May 19, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local LevelBy Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to promote the benefits of immunizations and to improve the health of children two years old or younger, and is taking place April 16-23, 2016. Since 1994, […] Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author |
NIH Launches Large Clinical Trials of Antibody-Based HIV PreventionThe National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has begun studies on three continents that could have broad implications for HIV prevention research. Enrollment has begun in the first of two multinational clinical trials of an intravenously delivered investigational antibody for preventing HIV infection. Known as the […] Apr 08, 2016 | Alyson Jordan |
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What Local Health Departments Can DoBy Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection in a pregnant woman poses a serious risk to her infant at birth. Without post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), approximately 40% of infants born to hepatitis B-infected mothers in the United States will develop chronic hepatitis B infection, approximately one-fourth... Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author |
Increasing Influenza Activity ReportedSo far this year, influenza activity on a national scale has been relatively low, keeping it out of the mainstream media and in the back of the mind of most Americans. But local health department flu activities are ongoing, and cases of severe influenza are increasing. California, Maryland, Massachusetts, and North Carolina reported widespread flu […] Feb 03, 2016 | Christina Baum |
What are Your Plans for National Infant Immunization Week?National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases and to celebrate the achievements of immunization programs and their partners in promoting health communities. NIIW is coming soon on April 16-23, 2016, and we want to find out what local health departments have planned for […] Feb 01, 2016 | Alyson Jordan |
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