The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The CDC and Florida Department of Health have released new resources and updates regarding the meningococcal disease outbreak in...
Jun 29, 2022 | Kimberly Nalley
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met in October 2022, to...
Feb 10, 2022 | Victoria Thompson
In support of National Immunization Awareness Month activities this August, NACCHO is joining “Catch-Up to Get Ahead,” a national...
Aug 12, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Vaccinate Your Family (VYF) has released a new series of videos that capture the stories of five individuals who share their...
Mar 10, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) were awarded a grant by National Institute of Health’s National Institute of...
Nov 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Last week, global media company Great Big Story released a four-minute short film, The Disease Detectives Stop Outbreaks at Their...
Apr 25, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of the 2017 National Immunization Survey-Teen, which showed the...
Aug 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published Progress in Vaccine-Preventable and Respiratory Infectious...
Jul 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Elisabeth Martinez, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO With the arrival of summer and Fourth of July...
Jun 27, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The CDC and Florida Department of Health have released new resources and updates regarding the meningococcal disease outbreak in Florida and how to prepare for cases in other jurisdictions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met in October 2022, to review current evidence and provide updated pneumococcal vaccine recommendations for adults.
In support of National Immunization Awareness Month activities this August, NACCHO is joining “Catch-Up to Get Ahead,” a national effort to address the alarming declines in routine childhood immunization that happened as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vaccinate Your Family (VYF) has released a new series of videos that capture the stories of five individuals who share their first-hand experiences with vaccine-preventable diseases and disease outbreaks, and their often devastating consequences. Each of the stories has a unique perspective, but all of them offer the same message “please vaccinate to protect your […]
Researchers at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) were awarded a grant by National Institute of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to explore the efficacy of the vaccine, Bexsero, in protecting against infection with bacteria that causes gonorrhea.
Last week, global media company Great Big Story released a four-minute short film, The Disease Detectives Stop Outbreaks at Their Source, which highlights CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (also known as Disease Detectives). The film sought to learn more about risks from the potentially-deadly leptospirosis in the US Virgin Islands (USVI). Caitlin Cossaboom, who works in CDC’s […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of the 2017 National Immunization Survey-Teen, which showed the number of adolescents who are up to date on HPV vaccination – meaning they started and completed the HPV vaccine series – increased five percentage points from 2016 to 2017. In 2017, roughly half (49 percent) […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published Progress in Vaccine-Preventable and Respiratory Infectious Diseases—First 10 Years of the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), 2006–2015 to highlight progress that has resulted from the development of the NCIRD. Read the abstract below and check out the full article. The need for […]
By Elisabeth Martinez, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO With the arrival of summer and Fourth of July festivities just around the corner, many people are spending more time outside. The rising temperatures invite a host of disease vectors, including mosquitoes, so proper protection is key. You can play an important role in preventing […]
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