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Health Department Perspectives Needed for Cybersecurity Committee
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), in coordination...
Dec 19, 2017 | Raymond Puerini
PleasePrEPMe Launches State-Specific Resources
PleasePrEPMe recently launched PleasePrEPMe:Resources, individual web pages with online pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) resources for...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Fact Sheet: HIV Treatment, Viral Suppression, & Preventing the Sexual Transmission...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a new technical fact sheet that describes the process, science, and...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End Report
Last week, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) released its 2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Information Sheet: Undetectable Viral Load and HIV Transmission Risk
In response to questions surrounding language in their “Dear Colleague” letter for Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day,...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
AIDSVu Launches “Deeper Look” into HIV in the South
Despite significant advances in diagnosis, care and prevention, HIV/AIDS continues to be a public health crisis in the United States....
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Call for Nominations: 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion Award
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)...
Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
emPOWERing Public Health: Fairfax County, Virginia
In 2016, Winter Storm Jonas threatened the East Coast with hazardous winter weather which threatened the health of millions. Concerned...
Dec 15, 2017 | Michelle Bahk
Health Department Perspectives Needed for Cybersecurity CommitteeThe Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), in coordination with NACCHO, is seeking to learn more about the needs of public health and healthcare organizations related to cybersecurity preparedness. As part of this project, NACCHO and ASPR will set up a committee of federal, state, and […] Dec 19, 2017 | Raymond Puerini |
PleasePrEPMe Launches State-Specific ResourcesPleasePrEPMe recently launched PleasePrEPMe:Resources, individual web pages with online pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) resources for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, in English and Spanish. Each page includes state-specific, regional and national PrEP education materials and other tools — from videos and websites to navigation toolkits and provider guides — all carefully vetted for... Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Fact Sheet: HIV Treatment, Viral Suppression, & Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIVThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a new technical fact sheet that describes the process, science, and next steps in communicating around antiretroviral therapy (ART) and viral suppression of HIV. The fact sheet outlines the available evidence of HIV treatment and viral suppression in preventing sexual transmission of HIV, discusses how this new evidence […] Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End ReportLast week, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) released its 2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End Report. The report offers an analysis of every state-level bill introduced in 2017 that relates to either advancing or restricting school-based sexuality education—including those focused on sexual violence prevention education. In 2017, 64 related bills […] Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
CDC Information Sheet: Undetectable Viral Load and HIV Transmission RiskIn response to questions surrounding language in their “Dear Colleague” letter for Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released an informational sheet on undetectable viral load and HIV transmission risk. Read the sheet to learn more. Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
AIDSVu Launches “Deeper Look” into HIV in the SouthDespite significant advances in diagnosis, care and prevention, HIV/AIDS continues to be a public health crisis in the United States. The situation is most acute in the Southern U.S., which experiences the greatest burden of new HIV infection, illness, and deaths of any U.S. region. To help policy makers, public health officials, advocates, and community […] Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Call for Nominations: 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion AwardThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) has opened nominations for the 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion Award. The Champion Award is intended to recognize individuals who are working at the local level, and honors those who are doing an exemplary job to promote childhood immunizations in their... Dec 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
emPOWERing Public Health: Fairfax County, VirginiaIn 2016, Winter Storm Jonas threatened the East Coast with hazardous winter weather which threatened the health of millions. Concerned with the well-being of its at-risk and electricity dependent community members, the Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) leveraged the tools of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) emPOWER Initiative to strengthen its preparedness and response... Dec 15, 2017 | Michelle Bahk |
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