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) published a Measles Outbreak Toolkit for Local/State Health Departments to help...
Jun 05, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
To help clarify recommendations for adult measles, mumps, & rubella (MMR) vaccination and assessing immunity, the Centers for...
May 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
To support healthcare providers during the current multi-state measles outbreak, CDC has developed a digital toolkit with products for...
May 06, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On April 29, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an MMWR article about the increase in measles cases...
Apr 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement regarding the current measles outbreaks around the United...
Apr 25, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Measles outbreaks are occurring across the country. Since the beginning of 2019, there have been 465 measles cases; 85 people in...
Apr 16, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
As you may know, there have been multiple outbreaks of measles in the U.S. recently. Measles is highly contagious and spreads through...
Apr 15, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Vaccinate Your Family: The Next Generation of Every Child By Two has released their third annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report....
Apr 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The full schedule for the 2019 Preparedness Summit is now available. From March 26-29, we’re bringing you 25 hands-on workshops...
Jan 31, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Measles Outbreak Toolkit for Local/State Health Departments to help these agencies counter misinformation in communities affected by measles outbreaks. The toolkit includes: Measles FAQs CDC’s Measles Microsite, which you can syndicate on your agency website Template letters for communicating with school principals, parents,...
To help clarify recommendations for adult measles, mumps, & rubella (MMR) vaccination and assessing immunity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new “Dear Provider” letter to address the following important points in more detail: Providers do not need to actively screen adult patients for measles immunity. This is because of high population immunity […]
To support healthcare providers during the current multi-state measles outbreak, CDC has developed a digital toolkit with products for you and your patients about vaccines and measles. These products include accurate, science-based evidence that we hope can help you counter misinformation about measles and MMR vaccine. You are the most trusted source of information when your patients have...
On April 29, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an MMWR article about the increase in measles cases in the U.S. Additionally, CDC hosted a telebriefing about the topic; visit this website to find the audio recording and transcript. Measles was eliminated in the United States in 2000, but during January 1–April […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement regarding the current measles outbreaks around the United States: “The United States is seeing a resurgence of measles, a disease that had once been effectively eliminated from our country. And today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that ongoing measles outbreaks […]
Measles outbreaks are occurring across the country. Since the beginning of 2019, there have been 465 measles cases; 85 people in Washington state and Oregon alone have contracted measles. In an era when vaccine-preventable diseases seldom occur in the United States, these measles outbreaks highlight the Portland metropolitan region’s vulnerability to infectious diseases. To assess this […]
As you may know, there have been multiple outbreaks of measles in the U.S. recently. Measles is highly contagious and spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The virus is so contagious that if one person has it, up to 9 of 10 people around them will also become infected if they are […]
Vaccinate Your Family: The Next Generation of Every Child By Two has released their third annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report. The 2019 report examines how strong our defenses truly are against vaccine-preventable diseases and what we can do, as public health advocates and legislators, to make our country stronger and more resilient in […]
The full schedule for the 2019 Preparedness Summit is now available. From March 26-29, we’re bringing you 25 hands-on workshops and demonstrations, 8 town halls, 3 plenary sessions, a robust exhibit hall, and 135 learning and quick-hit sessions, including the below: Infectious Diseases and Immunization QH10 – A Collaborative Response to Two Imported Cases of […]
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