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In March 2019, the O’Neill Institute released the policy brief, Bolstering Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men to Promote Health and Reduce...
Mar 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The number of new HIV infections in the U.S. has stabilized in recent years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease...
Feb 28, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The below press release was published by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) on January 28, 2019. In a modeling study...
Jan 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Jan 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On December 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH as the permanent Director of the Division...
Dec 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with public health, agricultural, and academic experts to understand the...
Dec 14, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate, is a report that was established to provide an independent, global...
In advance of World AIDS Day on December 1st, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law has released two new reports on...
Nov 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On November 23, 2018, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the Fourth National Climate Assessment. The National Climate...
Nov 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
In March 2019, the O’Neill Institute released the policy brief, Bolstering Latinx Gay and Bisexual Men to Promote Health and Reduce HIV Transmission. This policy brief explores the health and social factors that contribute to HIV risks among Latinx gay and bisexual men. One in five new HIV diagnoses in 2017 in the United States […]
The number of new HIV infections in the U.S. has stabilized in recent years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After about five years of substantial declines, the number of new infections began to level off in 2013 at about 39,000 per year. The report, which provides the most […]
The below press release was published by the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) on January 28, 2019. In a modeling study published this week in Sexually Transmitted Diseases, researchers reported that 10 percent of all new HIV cases among men-who-have-sex-with-men in the US are caused by gonorrhea and chlamydia infections, the two most common reportable infections […]
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. January 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, What exactly are PFAS, and what should we be doing as a local health department to keep our community safe from any health risks associated with PFAS? – PFAS Patrol Dear […]
On December 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH as the permanent Director of the Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH). Dr. Wester, who has been the Medical Director for HIV, STDs, and Viral Hepatitis at the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) since 2008, will begin serving on January 22, 2019. The below […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with public health, agricultural, and academic experts to understand the possible threat posed by the spread of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in several U.S. states since its discovery in 2017, according to a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. To better understand the full potential […]
The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate, is a report that was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking the health dimensions of the impacts of, and the response to, climate change. The Lancet Countdown’s 2018 report tracks 41 indicators across five key domains in health and climate change, […]
In advance of World AIDS Day on December 1st, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law has released two new reports on emerging HIV issues in the United States, including policy ideas for states and local communities and for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Big Ideas: Leveraging the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to […]
On November 23, 2018, the U.S. Global Change Research Program released the Fourth National Climate Assessment. The National Climate Assessment is a congressionally-mandated report released at least every four years on what the past, present, and future of climate change means for the United States. The report is produced by 13 federal agencies comprising the U.S. […]
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