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By Hollis Russinof, Manager, Campaign for Dental Health, American Academy of Pediatrics February is National Children’s Dental Health...
Feb 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and partners developed an online training on preventing Legionnaires’ disease,...
Dec 19, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an MMWR on early-season influenza activity in the United States from...
Dec 14, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Population Health released the 2017 Behavioral Risk...
Dec 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) published a new online toolkit developed to increase awareness about the...
Nov 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The American Lung Association, in collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, recently launched a new consumer flu awareness campaign, MyShot....
Oct 31, 2018 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
By Hollis Russinof, Manager, Campaign for Dental Health, American Academy of Pediatrics Community water fluoridation (CWF) is one of...
Oct 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
This post was written by originally posted on the Big Cities Health Coalition’s Front Lines blog. Epidemiologist, noun...
Oct 15, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) recently collaborated to...
Oct 12, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
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...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and partners developed an online training on preventing Legionnaires’ disease, PreventLD: A Training on Legionella Water Management Programs. The training focuses on creating a water management program to reduce risk for Legionnaires’ disease. The training aligns with industry standards (ASHRAE 188) on managing risk for Legionella bacteria....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an MMWR on early-season influenza activity in the United States from September 30- December 1, 2018. Influenza activity in the United States was low during October 2018, and, although it increased slowly during November, activity remained low across most of the country. The timing of influenza […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Population Health released the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data and prevalence tables. The BRFSS continues to be the largest ongoing telephone-based surveillance system in the world, with more than 450,000 interviews conducted in 2017 across all 50 states, the District of Columbia,...
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) published a new online toolkit developed to increase awareness about the dangers of influenza in U.S. adults with chronic health conditions and the importance of annual vaccination. As you know, influenza (flu) is a contagious and potentially deadly virus that can result in serious complications for individuals living […]
The American Lung Association, in collaboration with Sanofi Pasteur, recently launched a new consumer flu awareness campaign, MyShot. Many adults ages 50 and older live with a chronic health condition, such as lung disease, heart disease, or diabetes, which puts them at increased risk for serious flu-related complications. Yet, despite these potential dangers, vaccination rates for […]
By Hollis Russinof, Manager, Campaign for Dental Health, American Academy of Pediatrics Community water fluoridation (CWF) is one of the most important public health measures practiced in the U.S. today that is not administered by public health departments. Instead, it is our colleagues working in water utilities, large and small, who perform this important work. The American […]
This post was written by originally posted on the Big Cities Health Coalition’s Front Lines blog. Epidemiologist, noun epidemiologist \ˌe-pə-ˌdē-mē-ˈä-lə-jist An expert scientist who studies, detects and tracks injuries and disease in our communities. Epidemiologists serve on the front lines of public health, protecting Americans and the global community. When health threats emerge, these...
The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) recently collaborated to conduct an epidemiology capacity assessment in 27 big city health departments. The report addresses the capacity of big city local health departments to monitor health status, investigate problems and conduct research and evaluation as it relates to chronic […]
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