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NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to...
October 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first...
Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
2015 Influenza/Pneumococcal News Conference
On September 17, NACCHO staff attended the 2015 Influenza/Pneumococcal News Conference hosted by the National Foundation for...
Sep 30, 2015 | Kate Drezner
Celebrate World Environmental Health Day Sept. 26
Ensuring the public’s health is a multifaceted challenge requiring expertise in more than just the health threats that come from...
Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan
New Funding Opportunity: Syringe Access Fund
The Syringe Access Fund is a national grantmaking initiative that supports service providers and policy projects that reduce the risk...
Sep 23, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu
Injection Drug Use among High School Students, United States, 1995–2013
Injection drug use is the most frequently reported risk behavior among new cases of hepatitis C virus infection, and recent reports of...
Sep 16, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and...
NACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources,...
Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Large Study of PrEP Use in Clinical Practice Shows No New HIV Infections
In one of the first and largest published evaluations of the use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection in a...
Sep 03, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Act Against AIDS Launches First Disease-Specific CDC Instagram Account
CDC recently launched its Act Against AIDS (AAA) Instagram account. Started in 2009, AAA focuses on raising awareness of HIV among all...
Sep 01, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Drinking Water Threatened by Blue-Green Algae, Study Finds
A report by scientists from Oregon State University and the University of North Carolina concludes that blooms of toxic cyanobacteria,...
Aug 25, 2015 | Katie Regan
NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to Celebrate DIS Recognition DayOctober 2, 2015 is National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day, a day that is celebrated annually on the first Friday in October to recognize this critical part of the public health workforce. The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) led the development of DIS Recognition Day four years ago to celebrate and honor the often […] Oct 02, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
2015 Influenza/Pneumococcal News ConferenceOn September 17, NACCHO staff attended the 2015 Influenza/Pneumococcal News Conference hosted by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) promoting the importance of seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccination. The event, moderated by Dr. William Schaffner, M.D., medical director of NFID and professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School... Sep 30, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
Celebrate World Environmental Health Day Sept. 26Ensuring the public’s health is a multifaceted challenge requiring expertise in more than just the health threats that come from within. As the United States continues to experience increasing numbers of severe weather events and national foodborne illness outbreaks, the nation’s environmental health is pushed front and center. Addressing environmental health issues such as climate... Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan |
New Funding Opportunity: Syringe Access FundThe Syringe Access Fund is a national grantmaking initiative that supports service providers and policy projects that reduce the risk of HIV, hepatitis C, and other blood-borne pathogens through expanded access to sterile syringes. Established in 2004, the Syringe Access Fund has been a collaborative effort of various private foundations, corporations, and public charities that […] Sep 23, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu |
Injection Drug Use among High School Students, United States, 1995–2013Injection drug use is the most frequently reported risk behavior among new cases of hepatitis C virus infection, and recent reports of increases in infection are of great concern in many communities. A CDC study assessed the prevalence and trends in injection drug use among U.S. high school students. In some geographic areas and population […] Sep 16, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu |
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and Promising PracticesNACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources, administrative practices, or tools that demonstrate exemplary and replicable qualities in response to a local public health need. A model practice meets the following criteria: local health department role, collaboration, innovation, responsiveness, and evaluation of both the... Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
Large Study of PrEP Use in Clinical Practice Shows No New HIV InfectionsIn one of the first and largest published evaluations of the use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection in a clinical practice setting, researchers at Kaiser Permanente found no new HIV infections among patients during more than 2.5 years of observation. The study was the first done outside of clinical trials and demonstration […] Sep 03, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Act Against AIDS Launches First Disease-Specific CDC Instagram AccountCDC recently launched its Act Against AIDS (AAA) Instagram account. Started in 2009, AAA focuses on raising awareness of HIV among all Americans and reducing the risk of infection among the hardest-hit populations. The AAA account is the second Instagram account at CDC and is the only disease-specific account in the agency. The AAA Instagram account […] Sep 01, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Drinking Water Threatened by Blue-Green Algae, Study FindsA report by scientists from Oregon State University and the University of North Carolina concludes that blooms of toxic cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, are a poorly monitored and under-examined risk to recreational and drinking water quality in the United States. Cyanobacteria are frequently fatal to pets and wildlife that drink the contaminated water. In humans, […] Aug 25, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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