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CDC Highlights Significant Contributions in the Fight against Zika in 2016
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) to highlight...
Jan 19, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Local Approaches to Eliminating Viral Hepatitis: Exploring the End Hep C SF...
Approximately 3.5 million Americans are currently living with hepatitis C virus (HCV), yet only around half are aware of their...
Jan 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
New Interactive Tool: CDC Antibiotic Resistance Investment Map
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released the CDC AR Investment Map, which includes an interactive web app...
Jan 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Job Opportunity: ASTHO – Senior Analyst, Emerging Infections
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) in the Washington, DC metro area is seeking a Senior Analyst for...
Jan 12, 2017 | Sara Chang
CDC Report: Burden of TB in the United States, 2015
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released Burden of TB in the United States, 2015. The report shares...
Jan 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Report: Social Determinants of Health & HIV Outcomes
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report on social determinants of health (SDH) and select HIV...
Dec 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Communication Toolkit: Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a...
Dec 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults & Children
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis of...
Dec 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC: 2015 HIV Surveillance Report
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention just released the 2015 HIV Surveillance...
Nov 30, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Highlights Significant Contributions in the Fight against Zika in 2016The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) to highlight CDC’s contributions towards the fight against Zika virus in 2016. The report provides a detailed timeline of response events enacted worldwide, as well as details the 10 critical contributions towards addressing the Zika virus. Some of […] Jan 19, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Local Approaches to Eliminating Viral Hepatitis: Exploring the End Hep C SF InitiativeApproximately 3.5 million Americans are currently living with hepatitis C virus (HCV), yet only around half are aware of their infection. In 2013, hepatitis C-related mortality surpassed the total number of combined deaths from 60 other infectious diseases, including HIV and tuberculosis, reported to CDC. Fortunately, direct-acting antivirals have transformed the treatment landscape and now... Jan 17, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
New Interactive Tool: CDC Antibiotic Resistance Investment MapThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released the CDC AR Investment Map, which includes an interactive web app and printable state- and city-specific fact sheets describing CDC’s work to tackle antibiotic resistance (AR) using fiscal year 2016 funds. The fact sheets can be used to better understand how CDC supports AR activities in […] Jan 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Job Opportunity: ASTHO – Senior Analyst, Emerging InfectionsThe Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) in the Washington, DC metro area is seeking a Senior Analyst for their Emerging Infections team. Focused on the antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections portfolio, this position will be involved with and support a variety of activities, such as a national council on healthcare-associated infections, a […] Jan 12, 2017 | Sara Chang |
CDC Report: Burden of TB in the United States, 2015The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released Burden of TB in the United States, 2015. The report shares findings from surveillance data and found that, for the first time in 23 years, the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the U.S. increased in 2015. Below are some other highlights from the report: 9,557 cases […] Jan 03, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Report: Social Determinants of Health & HIV OutcomesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report on social determinants of health (SDH) and select HIV outcomes. This report is one of the first county-level, multi-jurisdictional analyses to examine SDH and linkage to HIV medical care, retention in HIV medical care, and HIV viral suppression. SDH are overlapping social structures […] Dec 23, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Communication Toolkit: Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic ResistanceThe Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a toolkit to help public health departments enhance communication and coordination around healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention and stopping the spread of antibiotic resistance. Health departments can use these tools to reach and engage various public... Dec 21, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults & ChildrenThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Adults and Children. The guidelines—developed by CDC, American Thoracic Society (ATS), and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and endorsed by the European Respiratory Society—update the previous tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics guidelines... Dec 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC: 2015 HIV Surveillance ReportThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention just released the 2015 HIV Surveillance Report, which includes detailed information about diagnosed HIV infection in the United States and dependent areas. Together with supplemental reports and analyses published throughout the year, the report provides federal agencies, health departments, nonprofit... Nov 30, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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