The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Most reported foodborne outbreaks occur in retail food establishments like restaurants. A recent MMWR said that from 2014 to 2016, 16...
Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Today, February 14, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new national analysis in Morbidity and...
Feb 14, 2019 | Samantha Ritter
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an MMWR on early-season influenza activity in the United States from...
Dec 14, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released an MMWR featuring a report on PrEP use by race and ethnicity....
Nov 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Dede Vilven, Enteric Epidemiologist, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) The Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD)...
Sep 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
On Thursday August 23rd, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for the coming...
Aug 27, 2018 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
CDC’s MMWR and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes compliance with...
Aug 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
CDC released an MMWR report on Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water (e.g., in lakes, rivers and oceans). During...
Jul 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
A Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on “Community-Based Services to Improve Testing and Linkage to Care Among...
Jun 12, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Most reported foodborne outbreaks occur in retail food establishments like restaurants. A recent MMWR said that from 2014 to 2016, 16 state and local public health departments reported 404 of these kinds of outbreaks to CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS). Most of the outbreaks were of viral illnesses, such as norovirus. This is […]
Today, February 14, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a new national analysis in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) finding that drug use more than doubled among heterosexuals with syphilis from 2013-2017. Additionally, there is a supplement to the STD surveillance report addressing this data. The MMWR article analyzed self-reported […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an MMWR on early-season influenza activity in the United States from September 30- December 1, 2018. Influenza activity in the United States was low during October 2018, and, although it increased slowly during November, activity remained low across most of the country. The timing of influenza […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released an MMWR featuring a report on PrEP use by race and ethnicity. The report shows race and gender disparities between people with PrEP indications and those prescribed PrEP. Below is the CDC’s summary and a link to the full report. What is already known about this […]
By Dede Vilven, Enteric Epidemiologist, Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) The Salt Lake County Health Department (SLCoHD) serves approximately 1.1 million people in the greater Salt Lake City area. To keep the population safe and healthy, SLCoHD epidemiology staff review and analyze several data streams to identify the cause of foodborne illness outbreaks, as seen […]
On Thursday August 23rd, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated recommendations for the coming 2018-2019 influenza season. These recommendations were featured in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), “Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.” Updated information for the...
CDC’s MMWR and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes compliance with recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for HIV infection screening among persons at increased risk, based on an analysis of 2006-2016 data from the General Social Survey (GSS). This activity is intended […]
CDC released an MMWR report on Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water (e.g., in lakes, rivers and oceans). During 2000–2014, public health officials from 35 states and Guam voluntarily reported 140 outbreaks resulting in at least 4,958 cases of disease and two deaths. Enteric pathogens caused a majority of the illnesses investigated (87%), including norovirus […]
A Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on “Community-Based Services to Improve Testing and Linkage to Care Among Non-U.S. Born Persons with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection – Three U.S. Programs, October 2014 – September 2017” was released. The report features three programs funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop hepatitis […]
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