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As a follow-up to the 2018 National STD Prevention Conference, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a...
Sep 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) published updated recommendations for “Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant...
This post is the second in a new Retail Program Standards blog series from NACCHO to showcase the progress that communities across the...
Sep 19, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Food Safety News published a first-person account from a woman who contracted E. coli from a spinach salad. The article explores how...
Sep 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Michael Dohn, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County The Montgomery County opioid overdose death...
In a recent article, Rewire.News discusses the challenges people face in paying for services that protect sexual health, such as STD...
Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But,...
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial...
A King County program called “Test & Cure” has dramatically increased the numbers of baby boomers screened and treated for...
As a follow-up to the 2018 National STD Prevention Conference, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a “Dear Colleague” letter summarizing the conference’s key highlights. If you were unable to attend the conference, read the summary to see what you missed!
The US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) published updated recommendations for “Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women.” The recommendation statement reaffirmed the USPSTF’s prior recommendation from 2009 and gave the recommendation that early screening for syphilis occur in all pregnant women an “A” grade. This means that there is convincing evidence that screening pregnant...
This post is the second in a new Retail Program Standards blog series from NACCHO to showcase the progress that communities across the country have made in retail food protection. Each month, we are featuring the experiences, challenges, and successes of jurisdictions that have worked toward each standard. All jurisdictions featured have participated in NACCHO’s […]
Food Safety News published a first-person account from a woman who contracted E. coli from a spinach salad. The article explores how family, community, doctors, local health departments, and others could be more effective at communicating about food safety. Here is an except about the author’s initial interaction with the local health departments: Almost two […]
By Michael Dohn, MD, MSc, Medical Director, Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County The Montgomery County opioid overdose death rate was the highest in Ohio from 2010 through 2016. Accidental opioid overdose deaths continued to climb in 2017. Montgomery County became the face of the opioid epidemic with the publication of “Faces of an Epidemic” […]
In a recent article, Rewire.News discusses the challenges people face in paying for services that protect sexual health, such as STD screenings and birth control. In particular, the article focuses on how young people, people with low income, people of color, and those who are uninsured or underinsured are too often forced to decline care as a […]
People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But, due to a small but vocal group of folks who organize with the sole purpose of opposing sex education, this basic human right continues to be denied to young people in communities everywhere. The key to overcoming this kind […]
The U.S. government’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge is a yearlong effort to accelerate the fight against antimicrobial resistance across the globe. The AMR Challenge is a way for governments, private industries, and non-governmental organizations worldwide to make formal commitments that further the progress against antimicrobial resistance. The challenge encourages a One Health...
A King County program called “Test & Cure” has dramatically increased the numbers of baby boomers screened and treated for hepatitis C virus (HCV). Funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the program aimed to double the number of people screened and the number of people treated for HCV and actually ended up increasing […]
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