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CDC Awards $200M to Fight Infectious Diseases & Antibiotic Resistance

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded more than $200 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory...

Aug 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic...

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to...

    Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • Travel Scholarships: Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM)...

    Travel scholarships are currently available for the Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM) 2017 Conference....

    Jul 31, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

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    CARES Act Funding Now Available for ELC Jurisdictions

    On April 23, HHS announced that CDC is awarding $631 million from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 to support state and local COVID-19 response efforts. CDC is administering these funds to the 64 current recipients (50 states, 6 large cities, and 8 territories) of the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious...

    May 08, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

    Food Safety & Inspection

    Changes to Food Safety Centers of Excellence Regional Map

    As the Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence enter their second five-year ELC cycle, there are some changes to our regional map. If your state has been impacted by any of these changes please reach out to the program coordinator of the applicable center: Colorado – Ingrid Hewitson: [email protected] Minnesota – Joshua Rounds: [email protected] New York –...

    Dec 02, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Antibiotic Resistance, Epidemiology, Infectious Disease

    ELC Directly Funded Cities Share Resources for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections

    Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in about one out of every 31 hospital patients. In 2015, the last year for which data are available, this resulted in 72,000 deaths attributed to HAIs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat which compounds the challenge of HAIs. Antibiotic-resistant infections cause over 35,000 deaths each year and nine […]

    Nov 21, 2019 | Erin Laird

    Antibiotic Resistance, Epidemiology, Infectious Disease

    Developing Regional Antibiograms to Monitor Resistance Patterns

    Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the public’s health, and local health departments (LHDs) have become increasingly involved to ensure their communities are prepared.

    Nov 18, 2019 | Christina Baum

    Epidemiology, Infection, Prevention, and Control, Infectious Disease

    2019 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases Grant Opportunity

    The goal of the CDC’s Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) program is to reduce illness and related deaths caused by a wide range of infectious disease threats. The ELC Program provides annual funding, strategic direction and technical assistance to domestic jurisdictions for core capacities in epidemiology, laboratory,...

    Mar 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

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    Apply Now: Improving Chlamydia Screening among Adolescents in Primary Care

    The National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers’ (NNPTC’s) National Quality Improvement Center (NQIC) is recruiting state and city STD programs to serve as Clinical Support Coordinators for a new multi-state clinical quality improvement (QI) project for primary care practices: the Improving Chlamydia Screening among Adolescents in Primary Care eLearning Collaborative...

    Feb 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

    CDC Awards $200M to Fight Infectious Diseases & Antibiotic Resistance

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded more than $200 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement to help states, cities, counties, and territories prevent, detect, respond to, and control the growing threats posed by emerging and re-emerging infectious disease, as well as antibiotic resistance. State...

    Aug 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic Resistance

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to improve program integration and enhance their ability to detect, investigate, and report foodborne, waterborne, and fungal disease outbreaks. Of the total, $12 million is funded through CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative. The grants support the...

    Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang

    Travel Scholarships: Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM) 2017 Conference

    Travel scholarships are currently available for the Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM) 2017 Conference. Scheduled for November 6-9, 2017 in Garden Grove, CA, this event will convene food safety professionals from across the country to discuss surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric diseases, focusing on illness caused by contaminated food, water, and animals.The...

    Jul 31, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman

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