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CMS Issues Important HCV Treatment Access Guidance to States
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued important new guidance to states, addressing restrictions that state...
Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control Programs
From the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have...
Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown
The Medical Case for Curing All Hepatitis C Patients: A New Fact Sheet from NVHR
The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) has released a fact sheet outlining the medical case for curing all hepatitis C...
Oct 26, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Opioid Substitution Therapy, Especially in Combination with Needle Exchange, Reduces...
Last week, results from a new systematic review and meta-analysis were presented at the 24th International Harm Reduction Conference...
Oct 22, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Clinical Toolkit from Rhode Island Defeats Hepatitis C
Rhode Island Defeats Hepatitis C (RID Hep C) has developed a clinical toolkit for both patients and providers to enhance hepatitis C...
Oct 22, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
ASTHO Seeks Bids for Two Funding Opportunities!
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is currently seeking bids for two funding opportunities: 1) a grant...
Oct 07, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Integrating Hepatitis Services into HIV Programs: NACCHO Shares the Local Health...
On September 10-13, the 19th Annual United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) was held in Washington, DC. USCA brings together public...
Oct 06, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss
CDC Launches New Advanced Query and Data in the NCHHSTP Atlas
The NCHHSTP Atlas is the one-stop shop for CDC’s most recent surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB. The Atlas...
Oct 05, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss
NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to...
October 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first...
Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
CMS Issues Important HCV Treatment Access Guidance to StatesThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued important new guidance to states, addressing restrictions that state Medicaid programs and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) have instituted to limit access to newer treatments for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). These restrictions were outlined in a June 2015 journal article, “Restrictions for Medicaid Reimbursement of... Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control ProgramsFrom the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have always been a lurking environmental threat, capable of compromising the public’s health. In addition to potentially carrying parasites and pathogens, rodents have been destroying infrastructure, infesting houses and businesses, and damaging property for centuries. To... Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown |
The Medical Case for Curing All Hepatitis C Patients: A New Fact Sheet from NVHRThe National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) has released a fact sheet outlining the medical case for curing all hepatitis C patients. The fact sheet can be used to educate policymakers, medical providers, and community members about why everyone living with hepatitis C should have access to care. The fact sheet provides more information related to the following […] Oct 26, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Opioid Substitution Therapy, Especially in Combination with Needle Exchange, Reduces Transmission of Hepatitis CLast week, results from a new systematic review and meta-analysis were presented at the 24th International Harm Reduction Conference that show for the first time good evidence that methadone and other forms of opioid substitution therapy (OST) substantially reduce new hepatitis C infections. The analysis compared rates of new hepatitis C infections in people who […] Oct 22, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Clinical Toolkit from Rhode Island Defeats Hepatitis CRhode Island Defeats Hepatitis C (RID Hep C) has developed a clinical toolkit for both patients and providers to enhance hepatitis C care. The toolkit includes information on drug-drug interactions, elastography, endoscopy, hepatitis C evaluation for providers, and a recommended reading list. Find the toolkit here. Oct 22, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
ASTHO Seeks Bids for Two Funding Opportunities!The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is currently seeking bids for two funding opportunities: 1) a grant opportunity to explore innovative approaches for the provision and payment of STD services; and 2) a grant opportunity to create a viral hepatitis epidemiological profile. The STD grant opportunity seeks to award four state or territorial health agencies with up... Oct 07, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Integrating Hepatitis Services into HIV Programs: NACCHO Shares the Local Health Department Perspective at USCAOn September 10-13, the 19th Annual United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) was held in Washington, DC. USCA brings together public health workers, advocates, policy makers, and people living with HIV to share strategies and ideas for how to tackle the HIV epidemic. The conference theme, “The numbers don’t lie: It’s time to end disparities,” […] Oct 06, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss |
CDC Launches New Advanced Query and Data in the NCHHSTP AtlasThe NCHHSTP Atlas is the one-stop shop for CDC’s most recent surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB. The Atlas provides access to more than 10 years of the most essential CDC data for these diseases at the national, state, and county levels, and by populations. You can use the Atlas to see disease trends […] Oct 05, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss |
NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to Celebrate DIS Recognition DayOctober 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October to recognize this critical part of the public health workforce. The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) led the development of DIS Recognition Day four years ago to celebrate and honor the often […] Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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