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Call for Nominations: 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion Award
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4
This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School...
Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Call for Abstracts: NACCHO Annual 2018
The call for abstracts for NACCHO Annual 2018, to be held July 10-12, 2018 in New Orleans, LA, is now open. This year’s theme is...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
MMWR: 2017-2018 Early Season Flu Vaccine Coverage Data
On December 7, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Morbidity and Mortality Week Report (MMWR): “Update:...
Dec 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
National Handwashing Week 2017: The Power of a Preventative and Primary Intervention
By Steve Metcalf, Communications Specialist, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department “Wash your hands!” As young children,...
Dec 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Endorses New Guidance for Healthcare Facilities Responding to Infectious...
Healthcare epidemiologists play a key role in emergency preparedness and response. To support this role, the Society for Healthcare...
Dec 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
World AIDS Day 2017: Increasing Impact through Transparency, Accountability, and...
Combatting HIV/AIDS: Nearly Four Decades of Progress For the past 29 years, we’ve set aside today, World AIDS Day, to raise awareness...
Nov 30, 2017 | Mardrequs Harris
UNCOVER EH Needs Your Voice!
UNCOVER EH, an unprecedented needs assessment and horizon scanning opportunity for environmental health (EH) practitioners, has...
Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: In Imported Produce Outbreaks, A Link Between Early Cases and Port of Entry
Each year, produce accounts for half of the foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States. To determine if there is a link between...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
Call for Nominations: 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion AwardThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) has opened nominations for the 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion Award. The Champion Award is intended to recognize individuals who are working at the local level, and honors those who are doing an exemplary job to promote childhood immunizations in their... Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 4This newsletter was developed as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health’s (DASH) initiative, Expanding Partnerships and Disseminating HIV Prevention Materials to Reduce HIV and other STDs among Adolescents through National Non-Governmental Organizations (PS16-1603). The initiative was created to increase education of key stakeholders... Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Call for Abstracts: NACCHO Annual 2018The call for abstracts for NACCHO Annual 2018, to be held July 10-12, 2018 in New Orleans, LA, is now open. This year’s theme is “Unleashing the Power of Local Public Health.” The conference provides attendees the opportunity to share the latest research and ideas, network, and test their assumptions about the issues and topics […] Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
MMWR: 2017-2018 Early Season Flu Vaccine Coverage DataOn December 7, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Morbidity and Mortality Week Report (MMWR): “Update: Influenza Activity – United States, October 1 – November 25, 2017. The most recent influenza (flu) data reported through week 47 (November 19-25, 2017) indicate that flu activity in the United States began to increase in […] Dec 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
National Handwashing Week 2017: The Power of a Preventative and Primary InterventionBy Steve Metcalf, Communications Specialist, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department “Wash your hands!” As young children, we heard this message often. Parents, teachers, and other well-meaning adults reinforced this hand hygiene mantra: before mealtimes, after bathroom visits, and when we had the sniffles or coughs. It’s sound and simple advice to ward off germs, viruses, and […] Dec 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NACCHO Endorses New Guidance for Healthcare Facilities Responding to Infectious Disease OutbreaksHealthcare epidemiologists play a key role in emergency preparedness and response. To support this role, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), with the support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released an expert guidance document for hospitals to use in preparing for and containing outbreaks. Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, […] Dec 01, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
World AIDS Day 2017: Increasing Impact through Transparency, Accountability, and PartnershipsCombatting HIV/AIDS: Nearly Four Decades of Progress For the past 29 years, we’ve set aside today, World AIDS Day, to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, and to mourn as well as celebrate the lives of those who have died from this disease. While we observe 29 years […] Nov 30, 2017 | Mardrequs Harris |
UNCOVER EH Needs Your Voice!UNCOVER EH, an unprecedented needs assessment and horizon scanning opportunity for environmental health (EH) practitioners, has officially kicked off. This is a collaborative effort between the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Baylor University. Recently, Baylor disseminated a detailed email about UNCOVER EH, which you may... Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: In Imported Produce Outbreaks, A Link Between Early Cases and Port of EntryEach year, produce accounts for half of the foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States. To determine if there is a link between the geographic location of early case and specific ports of entry from imported produce, scientists analyzed date from five produce-related outbreaks between 1998 and 2008. A link would lead to potentially quicker […] Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
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