HepVu: Mapping the Hepatitis Epidemic in the U.S.

Today, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, in partnership with Gilead Sciences, Inc., launched HepVu.org, an...

Apr 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization, which is now...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • A Decade of Arboviral Activity – Lessons Learned from the Trenches

    In a new article in Public Library of Science – Neglected Tropical Diseases, two scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Website: Zika Care Connect

    Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and hosted and maintained by the March of Dimes, the Zika Care Connect...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • National Infant Immunization Week 2017: Power to Protect

    From April 22-29, 2017, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)....

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • MMWR: State-Specific Rates of Syphilis Among MSM

    In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the first...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • NCSD: Extragenital Testing Resources

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) is collaborating with the National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • PleasePrEPMe: Call for PrEP/PEP Services

    PleasePrEPMe.org recently announced PleasePrEPMe — the expanded online service that assists Californians with understanding and...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • HepVu: Mapping the Hepatitis Epidemic in the U.S.

    Today, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, in partnership with Gilead Sciences, Inc., launched HepVu.org, an interactive online resource that offers a first-of-its-kind picture of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic across the country. HepVu, which is a Powered By AIDSVu project, presents the first standardized U.S. state-level estimates of Hepatitis C prevalence, generated...

    Apr 26, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization, which is now available on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) website. These guidelines replace the General Recommendations on Immunization, last published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) in 2011. The General Best Practice Guidelines for...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    A Decade of Arboviral Activity – Lessons Learned from the Trenches

    In a new article in Public Library of Science – Neglected Tropical Diseases, two scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD) highlight the many advances made in arbovirology over the past decade. In addition, the authors note the importance of strong state and national surveillance and preparedness systems for...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Website: Zika Care Connect

    Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and hosted and maintained by the March of Dimes, the Zika Care Connect (ZCC) website helps families affected by Zika find information and specialty healthcare professionals who match their unique needs (e.g., location, language, insurance). ZCC also allows healthcare professionals to access patient education materials and identify...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    National Infant Immunization Week 2017: Power to Protect

    From April 22-29, 2017, local health departments (LHDs) across the nation will celebrate National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW). Established in 1994, NIIW is an opportunity to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs in promoting healthy communities. Throughout this week, NACCHO will focus...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    MMWR: State-Specific Rates of Syphilis Among MSM

    In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the first state-specific rates of primary and secondary syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM). According to this report, MSM account for over 60 percent of all early syphilis cases and rates among this population were […]

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    NCSD: Extragenital Testing Resources

    The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) is collaborating with the National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) and the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) to produce resources for clinics and laboratories to ensure that extragenital testing is available across the country. The webpage currently includes resources for medical providers and for...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    PleasePrEPMe: Call for PrEP/PEP Services

    PleasePrEPMe.org recently announced PleasePrEPMe — the expanded online service that assists Californians with understanding and finding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) services. While this online tool was developed to connect Californians with services, it’s being expanded to include resource pages for all 50 states. PleasePrEPMe.org initially launched in...

    Apr 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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