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 (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in three states, and the U.S. Food and...
Nov 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data...
Nov 21, 2019 | Erin Laird
Starting in late 2016, communities across the United States began reporting a surge in cases of hepatitis A—with more than 22,000...
Sep 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Individuals infected with hepatitis A who work in food establishments can spread it to customers and other employees. Although...
While hepatitis A and B vaccines are recommended for men who have sex with men (MSM), vaccine rates among this group remain low. CDC...
Jun 11, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In honor of Hepatitis Awareness Month, NASTAD released three new success stories featuring health department responses to the...
Jun 04, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
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
Some people use frozen berries without first cooking them, increasing their risk of exposure to harmful viruses. The U.S. Food and...
May 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO and Hep B United recently hosted a webinar on Hidden Consequences: The Opioid Epidemic and Rising Hepatitis B Rates. View the...
May 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in three states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A that may be linked to fresh conventional (non-organic) blackberries purchased during September 9-30, 2019 from Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a Midwest grocery chain. […]
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data are available, this resulted in 72,000 deaths attributed to HAIs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat which compounds the challenge of HAIs. Antibiotic-resistant infections cause over 35,000 deaths each year and nine […]
Starting in late 2016, communities across the United States began reporting a surge in cases of hepatitis A—with more than 22,000 cases reported nationwide by July 2019.
Individuals infected with hepatitis A who work in food establishments can spread it to customers and other employees. Although foodborne outbreaks of hepatitis A are uncommon, they can require intensive and costly public health efforts to control.
While hepatitis A and B vaccines are recommended for men who have sex with men (MSM), vaccine rates among this group remain low. CDC would like to take this time to remind you to vaccinate men who have sex with men for hepatitis A, which is particularly important during the ongoing outbreaks in multiple states. […]
In honor of Hepatitis Awareness Month, NASTAD released three new success stories featuring health department responses to the hepatitis A outbreak and highlighting the work that has taken place in Indiana, Michigan, and Utah. The Success Stories highlight the need for multi-stakeholder engagement and working with partners such as syringe service providers, community-based organizations, and...
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 […]
Some people use frozen berries without first cooking them, increasing their risk of exposure to harmful viruses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported three hepatitis A virus outbreaks and one norovirus outbreak linked to frozen berries in the United States from 1997 to 2016. The FDA began sampling frozen berries for each hazard as […]
NACCHO and Hep B United recently hosted a webinar on Hidden Consequences: The Opioid Epidemic and Rising Hepatitis B Rates. View the video recording and see the presentation materials below. Presentation Slides: Alphabet Study: A, B, C, D; Jack Hildick-Smith LENOWISCO Health District Comprehensive Harm Reduction Program; Michelle McPheron Handouts: Community Response Planning for Outbreaks of...
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