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VIDEO: Success Stories from CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system...

Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

Antimicrobial Resistance, Healthcare-Associated Infections, Infectious Disease

CDC Study: Opportunities to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing in All Outpatient Settings

The Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine has released a new study which shows that healthcare professionals in all outpatient settings unnecessarily prescribed antibiotics for respiratory illnesses like the common cold and bronchitis. According to the study, antibiotics were prescribed unnecessarily in 46% of urgent care center visits, 25% of emergency department visits,...

Jul 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

Call for Comments, Food Safety & Inspection

Abstract Submissions Open for 2019 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference

The Partnership for Food Safety Education invites you to bring your ideas and research to the 2019 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference March 6-8 at the Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida. They welcome submissions of 300 words or less from university faculty and students, non-profit organizations, government agencies and for-profit companies. Abstract topics […]

Jul 02, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Success Story

NASTAD Success Stories: Increasing Hepatitis Testing & Linkage to Care

As part of ongoing efforts to highlight successful health department initiatives aimed at ending the HIV and hepatitis epidemics, NASTAD has released an installment of Success Stories that feature health department hepatitis programs. These stories highlight initiatives in Louisiana, Maryland, and Mississippi, that aim to increase testing and linkage to care for hepatitis B and C […]

Jun 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

Immunization

National Infant Immunization Week: Q&A with Houston Health Department

From April 21-28, 2018, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW). Established in 1994, NIIW is an opportunity to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs in promoting healthy communities. To celebrate this important awareness...

Apr 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

Climate Change, Food Safety & Inspection, Health & Disability, Health Equity & Social Justice

Does Ending Plastic Pollution Mean the End of Plastic Straws?

For the last 5,000 years, people around the world have been sipping their drinks out of straws. Only recently have straws come under serious debate. The gold and lapis straws of the ancient Sumerians evolved over the millennia into the plastic straws ubiquitous in restaurants, coffee shops, and bars today. According to one group’s estimate, […]

Apr 19, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Health

School-Based Adolescent HIV/STD Prevention Newsletter: Volume 1, Issue 6

FEATURED BLOGS ‘Nothing About Us, Without Us’: Advancing Health through a Youth-Driven Lens Written by Cameron Estrada  School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) have been a safe haven and a reliable resource for me throughout middle and high school. Now as a college student, I still advocate for youth health and leadership with the School Based Health […]

Apr 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

Tools & Resources, Climate Change, Success Story

Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate: Lessons from Success Stories

Climate Interactive interviewed the leaders of ten initiatives that are innovating in ways the improve health and protect the climate, often while saving money. Their findings on what is possible and how it can be accomplished are presented in the report: Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate: Lessons From Success Stories. With a […]

Mar 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Success Story

New Installment: Ending the Epidemics Success Stories

As part of this year’s Unite to End the HIV and Viral Hepatitis Epidemics Chair’s Challenge, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) released another installment in a series of success stories collected from around the nation. This installment features programs from Alabama and Indiana and highlights their health department’s efforts to […]

Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

VIDEO: Success Stories from CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system used to capture environmental assessment data from foodborne illness outbreak investigations.  In this 5-minute video, produced by the National Environmental Health Association, four current NEARS participants share how NEARS has helped their program.  

Dec 13, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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