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Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and Planned Parenthood Los Angeles have partnered on a new initiative to open 50 health...
Dec 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Today, CDC released its October 2019 Vital Signs Report, & Burden and Prevention of Influenza and Pertussis Among U.S. Pregnant Women...
Oct 08, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
On October 8, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance...
Oct 08, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) has announced a request for proposals (RFP) in collaboration with the Centers for...
Sep 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
As has been repeated throughout STD Awareness Month, the rates of the three reportable STDs (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) are...
Apr 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Did you know that in 2000, rates of syphilis reached historic lows in the United States? Since 2013, syphilis rates have increased in...
Apr 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new fact sheet highlighting the impact of their adolescent and...
Mar 28, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
By Erin Vinoski Thomas, MPH, CHES, Health and Disability Fellow, NACCHO Many women with disabilities want to experience pregnancy....
Mar 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Hollis Russinof, Manager, Campaign for Dental Health, American Academy of Pediatrics February is National Children’s Dental Health...
Feb 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and Planned Parenthood Los Angeles have partnered on a new initiative to open 50 health centers in Los Angeles County schools that offer a range of birth control options, HIV/STI testing, pregnancy testing and referrals, and stress and mental health support. The program, which will also train hundreds […]
Today, CDC released its October 2019 Vital Signs Report, & Burden and Prevention of Influenza and Pertussis Among U.S. Pregnant Women and Infants. This report includes the latest findings on influenza and Tdap (whooping cough) vaccination rates among pregnant women.
On October 8, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance Report, 2018. Devastatingly, rates of reportable STDs, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, surged for the fifth year in a row.
The Public Health Informatics Institute (PHII) has announced a request for proposals (RFP) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the Maternal and Infant Network to Understand Outcomes Associated with Treatment for Opioid Use During Pregnancy (MAT-LINK).
As has been repeated throughout STD Awareness Month, the rates of the three reportable STDs (syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia) are on the rise. And that includes rates of congenital syphilis—spread from a pregnant person to their fetus—which have more than doubled in the last four years to 918 reported cases in the most recent data […]
Did you know that in 2000, rates of syphilis reached historic lows in the United States? Since 2013, syphilis rates have increased in every region and in almost every race/ethnicity and age group across the U.S., and in 2017, more than 100,000 cases of syphilis in the U.S. were reported to the CDC. Rates of early […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new fact sheet highlighting the impact of their adolescent and school health program, titled CDC’s Adolescent and School Health Program: Protecting our Nation’s Youth from HIV, STDs and Pregnancy. The fact sheet details where CDC funding for youth HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention goes, […]
By Erin Vinoski Thomas, MPH, CHES, Health and Disability Fellow, NACCHO Many women with disabilities want to experience pregnancy. Pregnancy rates among women with disabilities have grown in recent years and are similar to pregnancy rates of women without disabilities in the same age and income groups.[1,2] Despite these statistics, women with disabilities remain at heightened risk […]
By Hollis Russinof, Manager, Campaign for Dental Health, American Academy of Pediatrics February is National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM), a month-long national health observance to promote the oral health of children and families. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) joins the month’s sponsor, the American Dental Association, in providing resources for local health departments and...
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