The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
On September 18, 2019, Medscape published “Reimagining STI Clinics for a New Generation,” an article about efforts to fast-track...
Sep 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Foodborne illness is nearly always preventable, yet according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...
Sep 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The United States is facing a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades. A new report from the Union...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on June 12, 2019. NOFO...
Jun 25, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
A recent article in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report says that community assessments conducted in the U.S. Virgin...
Jun 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Chembio is offering free HIV Rapid tests to any public health department, community-based organizations (CBOs), or organizations that...
Jun 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Environmental Justice invites manuscript submissions for a special issue on chronic disease and climate change. The manuscript...
May 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) has revised Policy Clarification Notice (PCN) 13-02 Clarifications on Ryan White Program Client...
May 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Did you know that in 2000, rates of syphilis reached historic lows in the United States? Since 2013, syphilis rates have increased in...
Apr 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On September 18, 2019, Medscape published “Reimagining STI Clinics for a New Generation,” an article about efforts to fast-track clinic visits for patients who want to be tested for STIs.
Foodborne illness is nearly always preventable, yet according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six Americans gets sick from contaminated food or beverages every year, and 3,000 die.
The United States is facing a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades. A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows the rapid, widespread increases in extreme heat that are projected to occur across the country due to climate change, including conditions so extreme that a heat index cannot be […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on June 12, 2019. NOFO CDC-RFA-PS19-1906: Strategic Partnerships and Planning to support the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States provides funding in two components to assist in the rapid planning process for Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative, component A […]
A recent article in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report says that community assessments conducted in the U.S. Virgin Islands during the Zika outbreak response, hurricane response, and hurricane recovery found similar support for mosquito spraying, but support for specific spray methods varied. Concern about acquiring Zika decreased over time. The article shows that […]
Chembio is offering free HIV Rapid tests to any public health department, community-based organizations (CBOs), or organizations that want to conduct free HIV testing camps on the occasion of the National HIV Testing Day. Visit the Chembio website to learn how to get free tests for an event.
Environmental Justice invites manuscript submissions for a special issue on chronic disease and climate change. The manuscript submission deadline is August 1, 2019. Scientific and observational evidence documents the adverse and potentially irreversible population health outcomes associated with environmental health risks attributed to climate change. Acute health problems associated with...
HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) has revised Policy Clarification Notice (PCN) 13-02 Clarifications on Ryan White Program Client Eligibility Determinations and Recertifications Requirements to include clarifications on rapid eligibility determinations. HRSA HAB has also posted a dear colleague letter on Rapid Eligibility Determinations and Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program that provides background on the...
Did you know that in 2000, rates of syphilis reached historic lows in the United States? Since 2013, syphilis rates have increased in every region and in almost every race/ethnicity and age group across the U.S., and in 2017, more than 100,000 cases of syphilis in the U.S. were reported to the CDC. Rates of early […]
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