Spring Weather Preparedness: Storms, Floods—and Yes, Tornadoes

Until 1950, United States weathermen were forbidden from using the T-word: tornadoes. Yet, in the early 20th century, tornadoes were...

Mar 28, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier

  • Eastern Panhandle HPV Prevention Project Represented at the West Virginia HPV Summit

    By Dr. Diana Gaviria, Health Officer, and Christina Jackson, Health Promotions Coordinator, Berkeley County (WV) Health Department  On...

    Mar 16, 2016 | Guest Author

  • The ACA and People with HIV: Video Profiles from the Field

    The Kaiser Family Foundation released a video series that features people with HIV sharing their experiences with health coverage in...

    Feb 09, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • DASH Releases Healthy Students, Promising Futures Toolkit

    The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released the Healthy Students,...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • CMS Issues Important HCV Treatment Access Guidance to States

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued important new guidance to states, addressing restrictions that state...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • Assessing the Changing Landscape of Sexual Health Clinical Service After the...

    Federal health reform has the potential to impact many public health services, especially sexual health clinics. An article in...

    Nov 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • New Story from Champaign-Urbana Health District Added to NACCHO’s PrEP Story Bank

    To support local health departments as they decide what they can or should be doing to implement Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for...

    Oct 30, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • NASTAD Releases White Paper on Drug User Health and ACA Opportunities

    The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released a white paper titled “Modernizing Public...

    Oct 26, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

  • 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

  • Spring Weather Preparedness: Storms, Floods—and Yes, Tornadoes

    Until 1950, United States weathermen were forbidden from using the T-word: tornadoes. Yet, in the early 20th century, tornadoes were everywhere: ripping through southern and Midwest states, shouting in sky-high fonts from the front page of newspapers, and starring in harrowing newsreels. According to a recent piece in Atlas Obscura, there was one place, however, […]

    Mar 28, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier

    Eastern Panhandle HPV Prevention Project Represented at the West Virginia HPV Summit

    By Dr. Diana Gaviria, Health Officer, and Christina Jackson, Health Promotions Coordinator, Berkeley County (WV) Health Department  On December 8, 2015, Diana Gaviria and Christina Jackson represented the Eastern Panhandle HPV Prevention Project at the West Virginia HPV Summit in Charleston. The summit, presented by the West Virginia Immunization Network, brought together stakeholders from around...

    Mar 16, 2016 | Guest Author

    The ACA and People with HIV: Video Profiles from the Field

    The Kaiser Family Foundation released a video series that features people with HIV sharing their experiences with health coverage in the era of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including those living in the “coverage gap” as well as those who have gained insurance coverage. The videos also discuss the role the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program […]

    Feb 09, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    DASH Releases Healthy Students, Promising Futures Toolkit

    The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released the Healthy Students, Promising Futures toolkit with tools and resources developed for healthcare providers, educational agencies, and state and community leaders. These materials focus on five high impact opportunities and were designed to increase access to health insurance to...

    Jan 20, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas

    CMS Issues Important HCV Treatment Access Guidance to States

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued important new guidance to states, addressing restrictions that state Medicaid programs and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) have instituted to limit access to newer treatments for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). These restrictions were outlined in a June 2015 journal article, “Restrictions for Medicaid Reimbursement of...

    Nov 16, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    Assessing the Changing Landscape of Sexual Health Clinical Service After the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

    Federal health reform has the potential to impact many public health services, especially sexual health clinics. An article in Sexually Transmitted Disease, the journal of American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association, explores the changing landscape of sexual health clinical services after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. To assess the impact of such reform within the […]

    Nov 05, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    New Story from Champaign-Urbana Health District Added to NACCHO’s PrEP Story Bank

    To support local health departments as they decide what they can or should be doing to implement Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in their communities, NACCHO created the PrEP Story Bank to share examples of what local health departments are doing. NACCHO spoke to Candi Crause, Director of Infectious Disease Prevention and Management, and Jeffrey Kemp Rinderle, […]

    Oct 30, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    NASTAD Releases White Paper on Drug User Health and ACA Opportunities

    The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released a white paper titled “Modernizing Public Health to Meet the Needs of People Who Use Drugs: Affordable Care Act Opportunities.” The paper was a collaboration with the O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law and assesses new financing and delivery models for […]

    Oct 26, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas

    NACCHO Interviews a Local Health Department Disease Intervention Specialist to Celebrate DIS Recognition Day

    October 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

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