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Call for Abstracts: 2017 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is accepting education session and poster abstracts for their 2017 Consumer Food Safety...
May 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Highlights & Key Takeaways: Conference for Food Protection’s Biennial Meeting
Last month, the Conference for Food Protection (CFP), brought together representatives from the food industry, government, academia,...
May 06, 2016 | Amy Chang
New CDC Study Shows Hepatitis C Kills More Americans than Any Other Infectious...
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published online today in Clinical Infectious Diseases shows that in 2013,...
May 04, 2016 | Christina Baum
Job Opportunity at University of Washington – Continuing Education Specialist
The University of Washington Public Health Capacity Building Center is seeking a Continuing Education Specialist (CES) to lead their...
May 02, 2016 | Nyana Quashie
Talking about, Testing for, and Treating STDs: The Important Role of Disease...
The theme for STD Awareness Month 2016 is Talk. Test. Treat. Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) play an important role in local...
Apr 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
Black Lives Matter: What’s PrEP Got to Do with It?
The Black AIDS Institute has released their 2016 State of AIDS in Black America report: Black Lives Matter: What’s PrEP Got to...
Apr 20, 2016 | Nyana Quashie
New Phase of Know More Hepatitis Campaign
Know More Hepatitis is a campaign to encourage people born from 1945-1965 to get tested for Hepatitis C. The CDC’s Division of...
Apr 20, 2016 | Nyana Quashie
National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local Level
By Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and...
Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author
Call for Abstracts: 2017 Consumer Food Safety Education ConferenceThe Partnership for Food Safety Education is accepting education session and poster abstracts for their 2017 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference, taking place January 25-27, 2017 in Washington, DC. This conference will focus on “behavior change – the heart of improving food safety practices at home and at work.” Abstracts are being accepted for the following […] May 09, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Highlights & Key Takeaways: Conference for Food Protection’s Biennial MeetingLast month, the Conference for Food Protection (CFP), brought together representatives from the food industry, government, academia, and consumer organizations to discuss emerging food safety problems and potential solutions at their 2016 Biennial Meeting in Boise, Idaho. Every other year, CFP provides meeting attendees with an open forum to discuss food safety standards from any source, while... May 06, 2016 | Amy Chang |
New CDC Study Shows Hepatitis C Kills More Americans than Any Other Infectious DiseaseA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published online today in Clinical Infectious Diseases shows that in 2013, hepatitis C related deaths outnumbered deaths from 60 other infectious diseases combined, including HIV, pneumococcal disease, and tuberculosis. The CDC also released preliminary surveillance data revealing that deaths associated with hepatitis C reached an all-time high... May 04, 2016 | Christina Baum |
Job Opportunity at University of Washington – Continuing Education SpecialistThe University of Washington Public Health Capacity Building Center is seeking a Continuing Education Specialist (CES) to lead their capacity building assistance program, and work with U.S. health departments to implement high impact HIV prevention (HIP) strategies in their jurisdictions. The CES will be responsible for scheduling and organizing in-person meetings and video conferences, along... May 02, 2016 | Nyana Quashie |
Talking about, Testing for, and Treating STDs: The Important Role of Disease Intervention SpecialistsThe theme for STD Awareness Month 2016 is Talk. Test. Treat. Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) play an important role in local health department HIV/STD programs and work to improve the sexual health of their community by talking to them about STD prevention, testing in the field, and linking the clients in need to care. For […] Apr 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Black Lives Matter: What’s PrEP Got to Do with It?The Black AIDS Institute has released their 2016 State of AIDS in Black America report: Black Lives Matter: What’s PrEP Got to Do with It? In addition to examining how familiar Black communities are in understanding and utilizing PrEP, the report also makes recommendations on how the community maximize the benefits of PrEP and other biomedical […] Apr 20, 2016 | Nyana Quashie |
New Phase of Know More Hepatitis CampaignKnow More Hepatitis is a campaign to encourage people born from 1945-1965 to get tested for Hepatitis C. The CDC’s Division of Viral Hepatitis recently released their next phase of the campaign featuring two new video PSAs and four posters. There are also additional materials to help with local educational efforts, including radio PSAs, infographics, […] Apr 20, 2016 | Nyana Quashie |
National Infant Immunization Week—Making it Matter at the Local LevelBy Nancy Messonnier, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual observance to promote the benefits of immunizations and to improve the health of children two years old or younger, and is taking place April 16-23, 2016. Since 1994, […] Apr 18, 2016 | Guest Author |
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