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New Funding Opportunity: Lessons in INfection Control Initiative
Through support from CDC, NACCHO is pleased to offer the LINC (Lessons in INfection Control) Initiative funding opportunity for local...
Dec 30, 2015 | Christina Baum
The Impact of Avian Influenza on Thanksgiving Turkey Prices
As you shop for your traditional Thanksgiving turkey, you may notice it is costing you more, even without additional family or out of...
Nov 24, 2015 | Christina Baum
National Guard Called in to Hawaii in Response to Dengue
At a time of year when vector-borne diseases are not at the forefront of attention, Hawaii is facing its first significant outbreak of...
Nov 23, 2015 | Christina Baum
Learn about NACCHO’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Efforts During Get...
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week is an annual observance to engage relevant stakeholders, including professional societies, advocacy...
Nov 17, 2015 | Christina Baum
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Injury Epidemiology
West Virginia University School of Public Health, Injury Control Research Center, and the Department of Epidemiology is offering a...
Nov 06, 2015 | Christina Baum
Court Ordered TB Treatment in Seattle & King County
On October 23, King County Superior Court in Washington issued an order for home detention and treatment of a potentially contagious...
Nov 02, 2015 | Christina Baum
Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging...
The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an...
Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum
Human Plague
Since the beginning of April, there have been 11 cases of human plague across six states and three deaths from the disease. This is...
Aug 31, 2015 | Christina Baum
NARMS Now: Human Data
The CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users...
Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum
New Funding Opportunity: Lessons in INfection Control InitiativeThrough support from CDC, NACCHO is pleased to offer the LINC (Lessons in INfection Control) Initiative funding opportunity for local health departments (LHDs). NACCHO will award at least 10 LHDs up to $25,000 each to improve both healthcare and community infection control and enhance coordination for preparing and responding to Ebola, healthcare-associated infections, and other […] Dec 30, 2015 | Christina Baum |
The Impact of Avian Influenza on Thanksgiving Turkey PricesAs you shop for your traditional Thanksgiving turkey, you may notice it is costing you more, even without additional family or out of town guests to feed. Instead, the price increase is a reminder of the avian influenza outbreak that began in December 2014, and which affected 48,082,293 birds across the country. There were no […] Nov 24, 2015 | Christina Baum |
National Guard Called in to Hawaii in Response to DengueAt a time of year when vector-borne diseases are not at the forefront of attention, Hawaii is facing its first significant outbreak of Dengue fever since 2001. This serves as another reminder among a constant stream of the ways that local public health is impacted by international disease. Zika virus, another mosquito-borne febrile agent, also […] Nov 23, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Learn about NACCHO’s Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Efforts During Get Smart about Antibiotics WeekGet Smart About Antibiotics Week is an annual observance to engage relevant stakeholders, including professional societies, advocacy groups, for-profit companies, state and local health departments, the general public, the media, and others around antibiotic stewardship in the outpatient, inpatient, and animal health settings. This year, Get Smart Week is observed November 16-22. NACCHO is... Nov 17, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Injury EpidemiologyWest Virginia University School of Public Health, Injury Control Research Center, and the Department of Epidemiology is offering a postdoctoral fellowship in Injury Epidemiology. The position is for those who hold a PhD in epidemiology, biostatistics or a related field, and have experience in research for peer-reviewed articles. This position will provide direct support to current […] Nov 06, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Court Ordered TB Treatment in Seattle & King CountyOn October 23, King County Superior Court in Washington issued an order for home detention and treatment of a potentially contagious individual infected with tuberculosis (TB). TB is treatable with antibiotics, although the treatment generally lasts for months and may start with an isolation period to prevent the spread of the disease, which can be threatening […] Nov 02, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an epidemiologist at the Orange County Health Department in New York and a member of NACCHO’s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Workgroup, attended as the NACCHO partner representative on the ICEID 2015 Scientific Program Committee. […] Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum |
Human PlagueSince the beginning of April, there have been 11 cases of human plague across six states and three deaths from the disease. This is higher than usual for the year and the CDC update about the situation can be found at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm64e0825a1.htm?s_cid=mm64e0825a1_x. Aug 31, 2015 | Christina Baum |
NARMS Now: Human DataThe CDC has introduced a new tool that uses data from the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) and allows users to display information filtered by bacterial serotype, antibiotic, year, and state. This tool makes it easier to see how resistance has changed over time and by region and the results can be displayed as […] Aug 20, 2015 | Christina Baum |
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