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NASTAD Resources Reinforce Importance of Medicaid, ACA Protections
As the Senate takes up the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – a bill to repeal and replace major pieces of the Affordable Care Act...
May 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
#justB Storytelling Campaign: Raising Awareness of Hepatitis B
The Hepatitis B Foundation launched its innovative #justB Storytelling Campaign to highlight the personal stories of people affected...
May 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Walgreens Healthcare Clinics to Offer Testing Services for STIs
Beginning April 25, Walgreens Healthcare Clinic locations in select markets began to offer testing services for sexually transmitted...
May 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Project Inform: Hepatitis C Treatment Videos
At least 3.5 million Americans are living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and approximately three-fourths of this group are “Baby...
May 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Funding Opportunity: School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Services
NACCHO is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for local health departments (LHDs). With support from CDC’s Division of...
May 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Disrupt Syphilis!
April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This final post in NACCHO’s STD Awareness Month...
Apr 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
HepVu: Mapping the Hepatitis Epidemic in the U.S.
Today, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, in partnership with Gilead Sciences, Inc., launched HepVu.org, an...
Apr 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization, which is now...
Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NASTAD Resources Reinforce Importance of Medicaid, ACA ProtectionsAs the Senate takes up the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – a bill to repeal and replace major pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released new resources aimed at educating Members of Congress on the importance of the Medicaid program and […] May 12, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
#justB Storytelling Campaign: Raising Awareness of Hepatitis BThe Hepatitis B Foundation launched its innovative #justB Storytelling Campaign to highlight the personal stories of people affected by hepatitis B to capture public attention during May Hepatitis Awareness Month. The #justB storybank is a national resource of digital stories from people across the U.S., designed to increase awareness of hepatitis B and its role […] May 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Walgreens Healthcare Clinics to Offer Testing Services for STIsBeginning April 25, Walgreens Healthcare Clinic locations in select markets began to offer testing services for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, Hepatitis B and C, chlamydia, gonorrhea and other conditions. As part of the services, Healthcare Clinic providers – which include nurse practitioners and physician assistants – will first conduct a consultation with the […] May 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Project Inform: Hepatitis C Treatment VideosAt least 3.5 million Americans are living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and approximately three-fourths of this group are “Baby Boomers” — people born between 1945 and 1965. Since hepatitis C disease usually has no symptoms early on, about half of those living with it are unaware. Thus, now that hepatitis C can easily be cured, Project Inform, […] May 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Funding Opportunity: School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention ServicesNACCHO is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for local health departments (LHDs). With support from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), NACCHO will be offering funding and technical assistance to up to four LHDs to increase their capacity to work in partnership with the local education agency (LEA) and other key community […] May 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
STD Awareness Month Blog Series: Disrupt Syphilis!April is STD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is Syphilis Strikes Back. This final post in NACCHO’s STD Awareness Month blog series, which has highlighted some of the roles of local health departments (LHDs) in addressing syphilis among highly impacted populations, focuses on a NACCHO project supported by the Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP) […] Apr 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
HepVu: Mapping the Hepatitis Epidemic in the U.S.Today, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, in partnership with Gilead Sciences, Inc., launched HepVu.org, an interactive online resource that offers a first-of-its-kind picture of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic across the country. HepVu, which is a Powered By AIDSVu project, presents the first standardized U.S. state-level estimates of Hepatitis C prevalence, generated... Apr 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
General Best Practice Guidelines for ImmunizationThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization, which is now available on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) website. These guidelines replace the General Recommendations on Immunization, last published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) in 2011. The General Best Practice Guidelines for... Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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