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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on June 29th that the multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked...
Jun 29, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a persistent and growing threat to the health of communities. To meet this threat head-on,...
Jun 13, 2018 | Christina Baum
By Kristen Mertz, MD, MPH, Allegheny County Health Department, Pennsylvania This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from...
Jun 04, 2018 | NacchoVoice
Antibiotics save millions of lives. Infectious bacterial diseases that were once deadly are now treatable with antibiotics....
May 24, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
This resource page from George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health details the effects of overuse...
Apr 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Health departments working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Lab...
Apr 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) published...
Mar 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
A new study authored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in Clinical Infectious Diseases shows about...
Feb 27, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Medscape recently hosted a Facebook Live Q&A for healthcare professionals to cover a number of important topics related to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on June 29th that the multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce was over, but federal food safety agencies continue to investigate its cause. CDC laboratory testing recently identified the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 in canal water samples taken from the […]
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a persistent and growing threat to the health of communities. To meet this threat head-on, more local health departments (LHDs) are building their capacity for HAI prevention and response. Enhancing LHD capacity can involve a wide variety of activities such as conducting exercises that test response plans, strengthening connections with healthcare...
By Kristen Mertz, MD, MPH, Allegheny County Health Department, Pennsylvania This story originally ran in NACCHO’s Stories from the Field. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics contribute to the growing problem of antibiotic resistant organisms, which are estimated to cause over 20,000 deaths each year in the United States. Bacteria that were once easy to treat are […]
Antibiotics save millions of lives. Infectious bacterial diseases that were once deadly are now treatable with antibiotics. Unfortunately, 30 percent of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary and potentially dangerous. Antibiotics can cause side-effects ranging from mild to severe. Antibiotic resistance is a serious public health issue. Each year around two million illnesses and 23,000 deaths...
This resource page from George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health details the effects of overuse of antibiotics in food animal production, and how to protect against exposure to harmful bacteria on meat and poultry products. The page also includes a video with Dr. Lance Price, director of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center, as […]
Health departments working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Lab Network found more than 220 instances of germs with “unusual” antibiotic resistance genes in the United States last year, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report. Germs with “unusual resistance” are resistant to all or most antibiotics tested, making...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) published a brochure to highlight some of the work NCEZID and their partners carried out in 2017. The brochure features stories on a range of topics, including combating antibiotic resistance (p. 4-5), responding to vector-borne diseases (p. 6-7), […]
A new study authored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and published in Clinical Infectious Diseases shows about 5% of all fluoroquinolones prescribed for adults in doctor’s offices and emergency departments are completely unnecessary, and about 20% of all fluoroquinolone prescriptions in these two settings are not the recommended first-line treatment. Due […]
Medscape recently hosted a Facebook Live Q&A for healthcare professionals to cover a number of important topics related to antibiotic prescribing, including how smart antibiotic use means giving patients the best care. The Q&A had more than 15,000 views, and featured a panel of the following experts: Lauri Hicks, DO – Infectious Diseases Physician; Director, CDC […]
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