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Attend the 2019 Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet East Coast Regional Meeting to be held on January 15-17, 2019 in Tampa, FL. This meeting...
Oct 16, 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
National Public Radio published an article on why there may be a perceived increase in foodborne illness outbreaks. According to the...
Oct 01, 2018 | Amy Chang
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the AMR...
Sep 26, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Disease Prevention and Response (Epidemiology) Branch within the National Park Service (NPS) Office of Public Health recently...
Sep 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the final components of its...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Epi/Vac Pink Book Webinar Series aims to provide an overview of...
Aug 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers...
Aug 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Attend the 2019 Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet East Coast Regional Meeting to be held on January 15-17, 2019 in Tampa, FL. This meeting will bring together laboratorians, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response. Issues discussed will include surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric diseases. Combined and...
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 […]
National Public Radio published an article on why there may be a perceived increase in foodborne illness outbreaks. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the increase may be due to the improved ability to identify outbreaks due to new information technologies and laboratory techniques. In addition, the public is hearing about product recalls […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the AMR Challenge, a year-long initiative to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with action across governments, industries, and civil society. The AMR Challenge takes a one health approach to encourage global leaders to make formal […]
The Disease Prevention and Response (Epidemiology) Branch within the National Park Service (NPS) Office of Public Health recently launched a new website to highlight its work. The Branch serves to prevent, detect, and respond to disease transmission within the National Parks using a One Health perspective, which recognizes that the health of people, animals, and the environment are […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the final components of its four-section web-based training course on Antibiotic Stewardship. Section 3 will cover antibiotic stewardship considerations for the management of common outpatient conditions and dentistry, while Section 4 is all about antibiotic stewardship in emergency departments,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Epi/Vac Pink Book Webinar Series aims to provide an overview of the principles of vaccination, general recommendations, immunization strategies for providers, and specific information about vaccine-preventable diseases and the vaccines that prevent them. Each one-hour webinar explores a chapter from the 13th edition of...
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in planning a series of PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings...
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