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Since 2017, multiple states have been engaged in outbreak responses as a result of increased cases of Hepatitis A. In a June 2018...
May 31, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
PleasePrEPMe recently launched an updated version of the PrEP Navigation Manual, Helping People Access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. The...
May 24, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The 2019 “Planning for Natural Disaster Debris” guidance is an update to the version that EPA published in March 2008. It is designed...
May 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Anna Perea, Policy and Communications Lead, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for...
May 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The year of 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history,...
May 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the final report for the One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization...
May 10, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On May 9, 2019, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II announced that, as a result of discussions between the Trump...
May 09, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Lancet recently published the results of the PARTNER2 study which confirms that there is effectively zero risk of sexual...
May 07, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a Supply Chain Resilience Guide to provide emergency managers with...
May 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Since 2017, multiple states have been engaged in outbreak responses as a result of increased cases of Hepatitis A. In a June 2018 Health Alert Advisory, the Centers for Disease Control stated that of the more than 1,900 reports for which risk factors are known, more than 1,300 (68%) of the infected persons report drug […]
PleasePrEPMe recently launched an updated version of the PrEP Navigation Manual, Helping People Access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. The updated manual includes information on: Screening for HIV infection Transitioning from PEP to PrEP 2-1-1 PrEP for anal sex This manual provides in-depth information to frontline staff within California on the various aspects of supporting people who seek […]
The 2019 “Planning for Natural Disaster Debris” guidance is an update to the version that EPA published in March 2008. It is designed to help all communities (including cities, counties, territories, tribes, etc.) create disaster debris management plans, which EPA strongly encourages. The Planning for Natural Disaster Debris guidance assists communities in planning for natural […]
By Anna Perea, Policy and Communications Lead, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The distribution of ticks and the pathogens they can transmit change over time. As a result, the likelihood of people coming in contact with ticks also changes over space […]
The year of 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history, which took the lives of more than 50 million people. While there have been advances in mitigating the threat of pandemics since then, recent epidemics shed light on the major gaps in human […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the final report for the One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Workshop for the United States. Workshop participants from several federal agencies identified and voted on a list of priority zoonotic diseases to be jointly addressed by human, animal, and environmental health sectors in relevant U.S. federal […]
On May 9, 2019, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II announced that, as a result of discussions between the Trump Administration and Gilead Sciences, Inc., the pharmaceutical company has agreed to donate pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication for up to 200,000 individuals each year for up to 11 years. PrEP is used to […]
The Lancet recently published the results of the PARTNER2 study which confirms that there is effectively zero risk of sexual transmission of HIV for people living with HIV who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and who have an undetectable viral load. The findings of this study support the message that undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U) and […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released a Supply Chain Resilience Guide to provide emergency managers with recommendations on how to analyze supply chains and work with the private sector to enhance supply chain resilience in support of the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101: Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans. The guide also identifies how the […]
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