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Millions in uncovered costs already incurred as health departments prepare for and respond to potential and confirmed cases
Mar 01, 2020 | Theresa Spinner
Each month, NACCHO will bring you a new public health book, read and reviewed by NACCHO staff. We hope to provide a well-rounded...
Feb 24, 2020 | Emily Yox
Vaccinate Your Family recently released its fourth annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report. The 2020 report examines how strong the...
Feb 19, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases has produced a new video series, “Was It Something I Ate?,” which...
Feb 19, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
Clinical Infectious Diseases published an article on a review of measles outbreak cost estimates from the U.S. in the post-elimination...
Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Last year marked the highest number of measles cases in a single year in the United States since 1992, with a total of 1,282 confirmed...
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise and it’s more important than ever to spread the word. The National...
The Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Public Health (LEAP) Fellowship application deadline has been extended...
Feb 13, 2020 | Christina Baum
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and infectious diseases are intertwined epidemics. In the 1980s, it was realized that human immunodeficiency...
Jan 28, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Each month, NACCHO will bring you a new public health book, read and reviewed by NACCHO staff. We hope to provide a well-rounded reading list that you will find enjoyable as well as informative. Vaccinated, by Paul Offit tells the incredible story of Maurice Hilleman, aptly named […]
Vaccinate Your Family recently released its fourth annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report. The 2020 report examines how strong the nation’s defenses truly are against vaccine-preventable diseases and what public health advocates and legislators can do to make the country stronger and more resilient in the face of disease outbreaks and other emerging health threats. […]
CDC’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases has produced a new video series, “Was It Something I Ate?,” which presents stories of people who developed serious enteric (intestinal) infections from food or animal contact. The stories are from families with children who developed Salmonella infection from eating contaminated chicken or contact with backyard poultry, […]
Clinical Infectious Diseases published an article on a review of measles outbreak cost estimates from the U.S. in the post-elimination era (2004-2017). The abstract is included below. Despite the elimination of measles in the U.S. in the year 2000, cases continue to occur with measles outbreaks having occurred in various jurisdictions in the U.S. in 2018 […]
Last year marked the highest number of measles cases in a single year in the United States since 1992, with a total of 1,282 confirmed cases. More than 73% of these cases were linked to outbreaks in New York, affecting under-vaccinated communities. Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000; however, the sustained […]
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on the rise and it’s more important than ever to spread the word. The National Coalition for STD Directors (NCSD) recently released a new fact sheet that overviews what’s going on nationally in STDs, highlights the costs to the nation, and gives some practical tips for getting involved. View this resource.
The Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Public Health (LEAP) Fellowship application deadline has been extended until Monday, February 24th at Midnight Pacific Time. There is still time to start an application today and this will give those in the process a little more time to complete. The LEAP Fellowship is a 12 month funded […]
Opioid use disorder (OUD) and infectious diseases are intertwined epidemics. In the 1980s, it was realized that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) could be transmitted via injection drug use. Today, infectious diseases related to opioid use disorder include HIV and hepatitis A, B, and C viruses, as well as bacterial, fungal, and other infections. To reduce […]
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