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Free Online HPV Vaccine CEU Course
Cardea Services is offering a free, hour-long continuing education course for recommending the HPV vaccine to adolescents and their...
Oct 19, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Congress Should Support Fund that Prevents Disease and Saves Lives
The following article was originally published in The Hill. View the original article. By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH In 1736 Benjamin...
Oct 16, 2015 | NacchoVoice
HIV Care Collaborative: Spotlight on Houston
The Expanded Linkage to Care Initiative, operated by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services and supported by the Merck...
Oct 16, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss
Suspicious Biological Outbreaks: Benefits of Conducting Joint Law Enforcement and...
By Kelly Shannon, Crim-Epi Program Manager, FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD) Biological Countermeasures Combating...
Oct 15, 2015 | Mary Hodges
New California Law: Day Care Worker Immunization Requirement
The California Governor signed a law on October 11 that requires day care workers to be immunized against pertussis, measles, and...
Oct 15, 2015 | Kate Drezner
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Podcast Series: Community exCHANGE
Each month, you will hear community members, activists, service providers, medical professionals, and researchers grapple with deep...
Oct 15, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss
Innovative Technologies Report from the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic...
To advance its mission of reducing illness and death from infectious disease, the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious...
Oct 13, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
GIS and Local Health Departments: Supporting Environmental Health at the Community...
It is impossible to separate health and place. This simple truth forms the basis of all understanding in modern environmental health....
Oct 13, 2015 | Chris Mills
FDA Releases Training Strategy for Food Safety Modernization Act
Following last month’s finalization of two rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug...
Oct 13, 2015 | Katie Regan
Free Online HPV Vaccine CEU CourseCardea Services is offering a free, hour-long continuing education course for recommending the HPV vaccine to adolescents and their parents entitled, “You are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention.” The course helps providers frame the HPV vaccine conversation, encourages providers to make a strong vaccination recommendation, and offers responses to parents’ most common questions. Designed... Oct 19, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
Congress Should Support Fund that Prevents Disease and Saves LivesThe following article was originally published in The Hill. View the original article. By LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH In 1736 Benjamin Franklin said “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In 2010 Congress followed this wise advice and created the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF), which has invested nearly $5.25 billion to […] Oct 16, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
HIV Care Collaborative: Spotlight on HoustonThe Expanded Linkage to Care Initiative, operated by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services and supported by the Merck Foundation HIV Care Collaborative for Underserved Populations in the United States (HCC), works to improve health outcomes for HIV+ individuals by using data-driven systems to identify individuals in need of care and link them to […] Oct 16, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss |
Suspicious Biological Outbreaks: Benefits of Conducting Joint Law Enforcement and Public Health InvestigationsBy Kelly Shannon, Crim-Epi Program Manager, FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD) Biological Countermeasures Combating the Biological Threat In the last 30 years, there have been numerous deliberate biological threat incidents, from the Rajneeshi cult food contamination in 1984[1], to the Anthrax letters in 2001, to any number of recent ricin letter mass mailings. The […] Oct 15, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
New California Law: Day Care Worker Immunization RequirementThe California Governor signed a law on October 11 that requires day care workers to be immunized against pertussis, measles, and influenza. Failure to maintain accurate records will be treated like any other violation of licensure requirements. The new law, which goes into effect September 1, 2016, was sponsored by the Health Officers Association of California […] Oct 15, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Podcast Series: Community exCHANGEEach month, you will hear community members, activists, service providers, medical professionals, and researchers grapple with deep questions to advance health, wellness, and equality. These will be inspiring conversations that are needed to transform lives and create lasting, community-driven change. Season 1: What is the healthcare and HIV system like for the transgender and gender... Oct 15, 2015 | Gretchen Weiss |
Innovative Technologies Report from the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious DiseasesTo advance its mission of reducing illness and death from infectious disease, the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, in collaboration with partners, has developed the new tests and tools to better protect people from wide-ranging, ever-changing threats. A new report, “Innovative Technologies,” highlights the cutting-edge work scientists have accomplished... Oct 13, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
GIS and Local Health Departments: Supporting Environmental Health at the Community LevelIt is impossible to separate health and place. This simple truth forms the basis of all understanding in modern environmental health. Local health departments working in the environmental health field should ensure they are well-versed in the tools that highlight the hazards, threats, and peculiarities particular to their communities; in particular, they should be familiar […] Oct 13, 2015 | Chris Mills |
FDA Releases Training Strategy for Food Safety Modernization ActFollowing last month’s finalization of two rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its strategy for FSMA training, “Who Will Provide Training for the Food Industry? Public and Private Partners Working Together.” The strategy outlines the options for those who must comply with the new food safety regulations... Oct 13, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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