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The below press release was published by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) on January 28, 2019. In a modeling study...
Jan 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
As of January 1, 2019, California law permits people to sell meals prepared in their home kitchens. However, individual counties have...
Jan 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Navigating a Foodborne Outbreak: Preparation for Interprofessional Practice is a self-paced, interactive learning module from...
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Jan 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The O’Neill Institute’s Ryan White Policy Project considers issues related to sustaining and adapting the Ryan White HIV/AIDS...
Jan 22, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
A baby is born with a birth defect in the United States every 4.5 minutes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Jan 17, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) will host two listening...
Jan 14, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
This post is part of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards blog series showcasing the progress that communities across the country have...
Jan 10, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) received a letter from CDC’s Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch (EDLB)...
Jan 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The below press release was published by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) on January 28, 2019. In a modeling study published this week in Sexually Transmitted Diseases, researchers reported that 10 percent of all new HIV cases among men-who-have-sex-with-men in the US are caused by gonorrhea and chlamydia infections, the two most common reportable infections […]
As of January 1, 2019, California law permits people to sell meals prepared in their home kitchens. However, individual counties have to opt in, and so far, none have. The goal of the law is to give people an opportunity to experiment and see if opening a restaurant would be a good idea. The law […]
Navigating a Foodborne Outbreak: Preparation for Interprofessional Practice is a self-paced, interactive learning module from CDC’s Academic Partnerships to Improve Health that demonstrates the importance of interprofessional practice among health professionals to improve and protect population health in the context of a foodborne outbreak. The module will take approximately 90 minutes-two...
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. January 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, What exactly are PFAS, and what should we be doing as a local health department to keep our community safe from any health risks associated with PFAS? – PFAS Patrol Dear […]
The O’Neill Institute’s Ryan White Policy Project considers issues related to sustaining and adapting the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (Ryan White) within a changing health care environment. As part of this project, the O’Neill Institute recently released two new fact sheets: Quick Take: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program in the United States Released in January 2019, […]
A baby is born with a birth defect in the United States every 4.5 minutes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Birth defects are defined as any structural changes present at birth that affect how the body looks, works, or both, and they can vary from mild to severe. While not […]
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) will host two listening sessions to continue gathering public input for updates to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. (NHAS) and the National Viral Hepatitis Action Plan (NVHAP). Both national plans currently expire in 2020. OHAIDP is facilitating the update process in […]
This post is part of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards blog series showcasing the progress that communities across the country have made in retail food protection. Each month, we are featuring the experiences, challenges, and successes of jurisdictions that have worked toward each of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory […]
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) received a letter from CDC’s Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch (EDLB) regarding the following updates and modifications to the timeline for implementation of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for PulseNet. Updates: As of January 3, 2019, up to 24 laboratories have either started the process or have finished the BioNumerics […]
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