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Join CDC Thunderclap: World Mosquito Day 2017
To promote this year’s World Mosquito Day, occurring on Sunday, August 20, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Aug 15, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
NIAM Blog Series: Leveraging Partnerships to Increase Maternal Immunization
Throughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series will highlight the importance of...
Aug 10, 2017 | Courtney Martin
Leveraging Local Knowledge and Expertise to Tackle Healthcare-Associated Infections
It is more and more common to open up your newspaper or browser and see a news story about the latest superbug, the hunt for new...
Aug 07, 2017 | Christina Baum
CDC: Zika Action Day Toolkit
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed a Zika Action Day Toolkit to help guide health departments and other...
Aug 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Updated Guidance for Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus Exposure
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its interim guidance for pregnant women with possible exposure to Zika...
Jul 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NCEZID: Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
The National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) has just released a new publication highlighting its...
Jun 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: Substantial Increase in Number of U.S. Counties with Virus-carrying...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found a substantial increase in the number of counties that reported evidence of...
Jun 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Releases 2018 Edition of the Travel Health Yellow Book
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the online 2018 edition of CDC Health Information for International...
Jun 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
MMWR: Pregnancy Outcomes Following Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy in the U.S....
In a follow up to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Zika and birth defects in the 50 United...
Jun 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Join CDC Thunderclap: World Mosquito Day 2017To promote this year’s World Mosquito Day, occurring on Sunday, August 20, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is hosting a social media Thunderclap at 10 am ET on Sunday. Thunderclap helps amplify social media messages by connecting partners and friends to share the same message at the same time through Facebook, Twitter, […] Aug 15, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
NIAM Blog Series: Leveraging Partnerships to Increase Maternal ImmunizationThroughout the month of August, NACCHO’s National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) Blog Series will highlight the importance of immunizations across the lifespan. In this Q&A, Carrie Harter, MPH, Director of Disease Control at the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County (DOH-Manatee), discusses the importance of immunizations during pregnancy and the role of local health […] Aug 10, 2017 | Courtney Martin |
Leveraging Local Knowledge and Expertise to Tackle Healthcare-Associated InfectionsIt is more and more common to open up your newspaper or browser and see a news story about the latest superbug, the hunt for new antibiotics, or the spread of an infection within a healthcare facility. In fact, antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have come to be widely recognized issues that must be […] Aug 07, 2017 | Christina Baum |
CDC: Zika Action Day ToolkitThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed a Zika Action Day Toolkit to help guide health departments and other organizations, including community-based organizations, interested in holding a Zika community engagement event. Community engagement to reduce mosquito populations and protect against mosquito bites can help efforts to slow the spread of Zika virus infections (Zika) and... Aug 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Updated Guidance for Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus ExposureThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its interim guidance for pregnant women with possible exposure to Zika virus to include recommendations specific to pregnant women with symptoms and, separately, pregnant women without symptoms. “Update: Interim Guidance for Healthcare Providers Caring for Pregnant Women with Possible Zika Virus Exposure—United States, July 2017”... Jul 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NCEZID: Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesThe National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) has just released a new publication highlighting its emerging infectious disease work, covering topics from A to Z – anthrax to Zika. This document features everything public health professionals need to know about how NCEZID: responds to outbreaks and protects Americans from threats of bioterrorism […] Jun 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: Substantial Increase in Number of U.S. Counties with Virus-carrying MosquitoesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found a substantial increase in the number of counties that reported evidence of the mosquitoes that can spread chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses, according to new research published in the Journal of Medical Entomology. In the spring and fall of 2016, CDC conducted surveys to record where Aedes […] Jun 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Releases 2018 Edition of the Travel Health Yellow BookThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the online 2018 edition of CDC Health Information for International Travel, commonly known as the Yellow Book. Completely revised every two years, the Yellow Book is the definitive guide for healthy international travel. The Yellow Book is written primarily for health professionals but is a useful […] Jun 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
MMWR: Pregnancy Outcomes Following Zika Virus Infection during Pregnancy in the U.S. TerritoriesIn a follow up to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Zika and birth defects in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, the agency just released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report examining “Pregnancy Outcomes After Maternal Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy — U.S. Territories, […] Jun 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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