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Commentary: The Hidden Health Crisis of the Opioid Epidemic
Representatives from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation...
Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
MMWR: 2017-2018 Early Season Flu Vaccine Coverage Data
On December 7, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Morbidity and Mortality Week Report (MMWR): “Update:...
Dec 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Join the 2018 National Improvement Partnership HPV Learning Collaborative!
The National Improvement Partnership Network (NIPN) and the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) have collaborated on a national...
Dec 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Kentucky Declares Hepatitis A Outbreak as Vaccine Runs Low
Kentucky has declared an outbreak of hepatitis, with 31 reported cases so far. This is a 55 percent increase over the annual average...
Dec 05, 2017 | Amy Chang
CDC Vital Signs: Frequency of HIV Testing, Time from Infection to Diagnosis Improve
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Vital Signs report today showing that people at risk for HIV are...
Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report, 2016
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau’s (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data...
Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Report: Eliminating Opioid Overdoses, Deaths, and Substance Use Disorders Exceeds...
Altarum recently released a report assessing the potential societal benefit of eliminating opioid overdoses, death, and substance use...
Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Report: HIV Testing, Linkage to Care, and Partner Services for Women
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that diagnoses of HIV infection among women declined 17...
Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NMAC: National HIV and PrEP Navigation Landscape Assessment Report
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) has released the National HIV and PrEP Navigation Landscape Assessment Report to provide a...
Nov 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Commentary: The Hidden Health Crisis of the Opioid EpidemicRepresentatives from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) and Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) recently penned an article about the link between hepatitis C and the opioid epidemic. Per the article, the unprecedented rate of injection drug use in our country has created a new generation of hepatitis C patients […] Dec 11, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
MMWR: 2017-2018 Early Season Flu Vaccine Coverage DataOn December 7, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Morbidity and Mortality Week Report (MMWR): “Update: Influenza Activity – United States, October 1 – November 25, 2017. The most recent influenza (flu) data reported through week 47 (November 19-25, 2017) indicate that flu activity in the United States began to increase in […] Dec 08, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Join the 2018 National Improvement Partnership HPV Learning Collaborative!The National Improvement Partnership Network (NIPN) and the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) have collaborated on a national practice-based quality improvement (QI) initiative aimed at improving adolescent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates through strong provider recommendations and reducing missed opportunities. Any organization (e.g., pediatric or family practice, school based... Dec 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Kentucky Declares Hepatitis A Outbreak as Vaccine Runs LowKentucky has declared an outbreak of hepatitis, with 31 reported cases so far. This is a 55 percent increase over the annual average in the past 10 years. They are the fifth state to declare an outbreak along with California, Michigan, Colorado, and Utah. Kentucky health officials are vaccinating adults and focusing primarily on people […] Dec 05, 2017 | Amy Chang |
CDC Vital Signs: Frequency of HIV Testing, Time from Infection to Diagnosis ImproveThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new Vital Signs report today showing that people at risk for HIV are getting tested more frequently than in the past, and the amount of time Americans are living with HIV before finding out about their infection has gotten shorter. Key Findings Median time from HIV […] Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report, 2016The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau’s (HAB) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report, 2016 is now available on the HAB website. This publication reflects HAB’s ongoing commitment to ensuring the availability of timely program information in a variety of consumer-friendly formats. The report providers stakeholders and partners access to... Nov 29, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Report: Eliminating Opioid Overdoses, Deaths, and Substance Use Disorders Exceeds $95 Billion per YearAltarum recently released a report assessing the potential societal benefit of eliminating opioid overdoses, death, and substance use disorders, and found that the benefit would have exceeded $95 billion dollars in 2016. Part of that benefit comes from a $9.2 billion reduction in indirect healthcare costs, which includes the costs associated with the increased risk and treatment […] Nov 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Report: HIV Testing, Linkage to Care, and Partner Services for WomenA new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that diagnoses of HIV infection among women declined 17 percent during 2011–2015, but a total of 7,498 women – 60% of whom are black – received a diagnosis of HIV infection in 2015. By the end of 2014, an estimated 255,900 women were […] Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NMAC: National HIV and PrEP Navigation Landscape Assessment ReportThe National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) has released the National HIV and PrEP Navigation Landscape Assessment Report to provide a foundation for understanding the information needs of those who are at the frontline of providing patients with reliable and accurate HIV and PrEP resources for the diverse communities they serve. The assessment was done in collaboration with […] Nov 14, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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