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CDC Awards $200M to Fight Infectious Diseases & Antibiotic Resistance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded more than $200 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory...
Aug 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Funding Opportunity: Projects Addressing HIV/HCV in Context of Opioid Epidemic
amfAR, “The Foundation for AIDS Research,” is seeking grant applicants for a funding opportunity of up to $70,000. The...
Aug 18, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Seeking Health Department Staff: Foodborne Illness Complaint Systems Work Group
The Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence is seeking local and state health department staff to join its new work group on...
Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang
New CDC Report: Antibiotic-Resistant Foodborne Bacteria
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report on antibiotic resistance, food, and food-producing...
Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang
New FDA Guidance: Food Safety Modernization Act Explained
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published three guidance documents to help food producers understand which part of the...
Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang
CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to...
Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang
FDA Guidance for Industry: Antibacterial Therapies for Patients with an Unmet...
On August 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a new Guidance for Industry, “Antibacterial Therapies for Patients...
Aug 08, 2017 | Christina Baum
Leveraging Local Knowledge and Expertise to Tackle Healthcare-Associated Infections
It is more and more common to open up your newspaper or browser and see a news story about the latest superbug, the hunt for new...
Aug 07, 2017 | Christina Baum
CDC: Zika Action Day Toolkit
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed a Zika Action Day Toolkit to help guide health departments and other...
Aug 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
CDC Awards $200M to Fight Infectious Diseases & Antibiotic ResistanceThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently awarded more than $200 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement to help states, cities, counties, and territories prevent, detect, respond to, and control the growing threats posed by emerging and re-emerging infectious disease, as well as antibiotic resistance. State... Aug 24, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Funding Opportunity: Projects Addressing HIV/HCV in Context of Opioid EpidemicamfAR, “The Foundation for AIDS Research,” is seeking grant applicants for a funding opportunity of up to $70,000. The grant is intended to support state or local level efforts addressing HIV and/or hepatitis C in the context of the opioid crisis. Eligible organizations include health departments, substance use disorder treatment providers, organizations/networks that represent people... Aug 18, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Seeking Health Department Staff: Foodborne Illness Complaint Systems Work GroupThe Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence is seeking local and state health department staff to join its new work group on Foodborne Illness Complaint Systems. Work group members will engage in: Providing support and guidance to one another on the development, implementation, and evaluation of foodborne illness complaint systems; Sharing successes, challenges, and barriers surrounding... Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang |
New CDC Report: Antibiotic-Resistant Foodborne BacteriaThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report on antibiotic resistance, food, and food-producing animals. According to the report, individuals infected by antibiotic-resistant foodborne bacteria may develop symptoms that can be more severe and harder to treat. Furthermore, findings indicate that bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics when the drugs are... Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang |
New FDA Guidance: Food Safety Modernization Act ExplainedThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published three guidance documents to help food producers understand which part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) affects them and their operations. The new guidance aims to help industry stakeholders identify FSMA exemptions and understand the juice, seafood, and Low-Acid Canned Foods (LACF) regulations in connection with […] Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang |
CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic ResistanceThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to improve program integration and enhance their ability to detect, investigate, and report foodborne, waterborne, and fungal disease outbreaks. Of the total, $12 million is funded through CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative. The grants support the... Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang |
FDA Guidance for Industry: Antibacterial Therapies for Patients with an Unmet Medical Need for the Treatment of Serious Bacterial DiseasesOn August 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a new Guidance for Industry, “Antibacterial Therapies for Patients with an Unmet Medical Need for the Treatment of Serious Bacterial Diseases.” The guidance is not binding or legal, but is a recommendation for those working to develop or support the development of new pathogen-focused […] Aug 08, 2017 | Christina Baum |
Leveraging Local Knowledge and Expertise to Tackle Healthcare-Associated InfectionsIt is more and more common to open up your newspaper or browser and see a news story about the latest superbug, the hunt for new antibiotics, or the spread of an infection within a healthcare facility. In fact, antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have come to be widely recognized issues that must be […] Aug 07, 2017 | Christina Baum |
CDC: Zika Action Day ToolkitThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed a Zika Action Day Toolkit to help guide health departments and other organizations, including community-based organizations, interested in holding a Zika community engagement event. Community engagement to reduce mosquito populations and protect against mosquito bites can help efforts to slow the spread of Zika virus infections (Zika) and... Aug 04, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
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