The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched five new tools that enable state and local health departments to easily find...
Jul 16, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on pre-exposure...
The Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI) has released a new report, HIV/AIDS in the U.S. Deep South: Trends from 2008-2016,...
Jun 25, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
HIV.gov launched the updated HIV Testing Sites & Care Locator and Locator Widget, which offer new HIV prevention and treatment...
As issues with drug resistant pathogens have emerged across the country, local health departments (LHDs) have been called on to lead...
Jun 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening...
Jun 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
AcademyHealth has released two new issue briefs on the role of Medicaid in increasing access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The...
Jun 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released today a final recommendation statement on preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for...
Jun 11, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division is pleased to announce the availability of two new webpages...
Jun 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched five new tools that enable state and local health departments to easily find data on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) indications, behavior change impact, disease epidemiology, and policy and cost implications by jurisdiction. The tools include: The PrEP Populations web-based tool estimates the number of individuals indicated for PrEP...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on pre-exposure prophylaxis awareness and use among men who have sex with men (MSM). Researchers examined PrEP awareness among MSM from 2014 to 2017 in 20 urban areas. During this time, PrEP awareness increased from 60% to 90%, and […]
The Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI) has released a new report, HIV/AIDS in the U.S. Deep South: Trends from 2008-2016, which characterizes HIV/STI epidemiology, federal funding for HIV prevention and care, and utilization of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the Deep South from 2008 to 2016. With the release of this report, SASI has also announced […]
HIV.gov launched the updated HIV Testing Sites & Care Locator and Locator Widget, which offer new HIV prevention and treatment resources based on updated data. The Locator can help both individuals at risk for HIV and individuals with HIV connect to the service(s) they need. The Locator is powered by data provided by the federal […]
As issues with drug resistant pathogens have emerged across the country, local health departments (LHDs) have been called on to lead and support the containment of novel or targeted multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). To explore this role, NACCHO hosted a webinar to share the experiences of three LHDs who have been affected by containment events. Learning […]
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening communities across the country. Of the 40 honorees, 14 work for local health departments, with two focusing on environmental health: Jessica Gehle of Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (WA) and Jacqualyn (Jackie) Littlepage of Lake County […]
AcademyHealth has released two new issue briefs on the role of Medicaid in increasing access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The first brief, Leveraging Medicaid Financing and Coverage Benefits to Deliver PrEP Intervention Services, presents a framework for considering applicable Medicaid program levers to increase and improve PrEP delivery as well as an overview of Medicaid […]
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released today a final recommendation statement on preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of HIV infection. The Task Force found that clinicians should offer PrEP to persons at high risk for HIV, giving the recommendation an “A” grade. To view the recommendation and the evidence on which it […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division is pleased to announce the availability of two new webpages with information to help you protect your family from wildfire smoke indoors: Wildfires and Indoor Air Quality Create a Clean Room to Protect Indoor Air Quality During a Wildfire If you live in an area where the […]
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