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The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens recently developed COVID-19...
Aug 03, 2020 | Erin Laird
NACCHO is part of a collaborative of diverse healthcare and public health partners funded to support CDC's Project Firstline, which...
Jul 28, 2020 | Christina Baum
CDC recently began reporting data on carbapenemase genes detected through nationwide testing in CDC’s AR Lab Network.
Jun 24, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
On May 18, NACCHO released high-level results of its 2019 Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Antibiotic Resistance (AR)...
May 18, 2020 | Erin Laird
NACCHO has released high-level results of its 2019 Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Assessment.
May 18, 2020 | Theresa Spinner
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), on behalf of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health...
Mar 27, 2020 | Theresa Spinner
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide. In the United States, a total of...
Mar 24, 2020 | Christina Baum
The Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Public Health (LEAP) Fellowship application deadline has been extended...
Feb 13, 2020 | Christina Baum
CDC invested more than $14 million last year in academic and healthcare innovators and other researchers to combat antibiotic...
Jan 28, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens recently developed COVID-19 outbreak definitions for acute care settings and long-term care facilities.
NACCHO is part of a collaborative of diverse healthcare and public health partners funded to support CDC's Project Firstline, which aims to provide engaging, innovative, and effective infection control training to more than 6 million healthcare and public health personnel in the U.S.
On May 18, NACCHO released high-level results of its 2019 Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Assessment. The resource highlights the extent to which LHDs engage in HAI/AR activities, existing LHD partner engagement, the role that LHDs play in outbreak response, and LHD capacity and infrastructure in HAI/AR prevention and control. These results can help inform...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), on behalf of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, released the following statement regarding The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (S. 3548).
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of preventable infectious disease deaths worldwide. In the United States, a total of 9,029 new cases of TB were reported in 2018, and it is estimated that up to 13 million individuals are living with latent TB infection. Multidrug resistant TB is a growing global threat and, while still […]
The Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Public Health (LEAP) Fellowship application deadline has been extended until Monday, February 24th at Midnight Pacific Time. There is still time to start an application today and this will give those in the process a little more time to complete. The LEAP Fellowship is a 12 month funded […]
CDC invested more than $14 million last year in academic and healthcare innovators and other researchers to combat antibiotic resistance (AR), according to the agency’s latest AR Investment Map—totaling more than $125 million toward innovation, plus millions more to public health departments, since 2016. The interactive map shows CDC’s commitment to discover, test, and scale […]
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Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
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Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
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