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NACCHO announces a funding opportunity to local health departments through a Request for Application (RFA) process.
Sep 24, 2019 | Andrea Grenadier
The opioid crisis in the United States has led to increased hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among younger populations of people who...
Sep 23, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
International Overdose Awareness Day, held on August 31 every year, is an opportunity to do more to prevent overdose and promote...
Aug 20, 2019 | Andrea Grenadier
The CDC Vital Signs series addresses a single important public health topic each month. This month’s release presents findings on...
Aug 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) titled Injection...
Aug 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is soliciting applications that...
Feb 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Fighting the opioid crisis and other substance use disorders is a national priority at the highest levels of the Administration and in...
Feb 15, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Today, February 14, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new national analysis in Morbidity and...
Feb 14, 2019 | Samantha Ritter
World AIDS Day, observed annually on December 1, provides the opportunity to highlight our accomplishments, remember those who have...
Nov 29, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The opioid crisis in the United States has led to increased hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among younger populations of people who inject drugs (PWID) and other vulnerable populations, who often seek care at community health centers.
International Overdose Awareness Day, held on August 31 every year, is an opportunity to do more to prevent overdose and promote recovery. Events and activities around the world stimulate conversations to raise awareness of overdose and reduce stigma associated with drug-related deaths. In the U.S., the drug overdose epidemic continues to expand, with national provisional drug counts reporting...
The CDC Vital Signs series addresses a single important public health topic each month. This month’s release presents findings on naloxone prescribing in the United States from 2012 to 2018 and county-level naloxone dispensing in 2018. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Key findings of the report: […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) titled Injection Practices and Sexual Behaviors Among Persons with Diagnosed HIV Infection Who Inject Drugs in the United States, 2015–2017. Approximately 10% of HIV-positive people who inject drugs (PWID) engaged in distributive injection equipment sharing; nonsterile syringe...
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is soliciting applications that support treatment for, and prevention of, opioid use disorder in rural areas. USDA may award up to 30 special consideration points for Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) program applications for projects that provide opioid treatment services in 220 […]
Fighting the opioid crisis and other substance use disorders is a national priority at the highest levels of the Administration and in communities across the country. The Federal Government has mobilized to take action to address these threats. As part of the ongoing and evolving national dialogue about these issues, the Office of the Assistant […]
Today, February 14, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new national analysis in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) finding that drug use more than doubled among heterosexuals with syphilis from 2013-2017. Additionally, there is a supplement to the STD surveillance report addressing this data. The MMWR article analyzed self-reported […]
World AIDS Day, observed annually on December 1, provides the opportunity to highlight our accomplishments, remember those who have lost their lives to HIV and AIDS, and refocus our efforts on what still needs to be done to end the epidemic. Local health departments are in the forefront of these efforts, working on initiatives to […]
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