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NACCHO recognizes Stephanie R. Black, MD, MSc as its latest Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Champion. Dr. Black serves as the...
Jul 09, 2021 | Zachary Smith
The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens (CORHA), which includes...
May 25, 2021 | Kimberly Nalley
The toolkit was developed to help state and local health departments respond to suspected or confirmed cases clusters, or outbreaks of...
May 13, 2021 | Julia Zigman
NACCHO has announced that Dr. Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH, FACPM, Associate Director for the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program...
Mar 03, 2021 | Kimberly Nalley
CORHA has released a new resource, two draft chapters from the High-Level Guidance for Outbreaks of Healthcare-Associated Infections...
Jan 25, 2021 | Christina Baum
A paper today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) describes the first US case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae harboring a...
Dec 17, 2020 | Julia Zigman
CDC has updated its gonorrhea treatment guidelines to recommend treating infections with a single, higher dosage injection of...
Dec 17, 2020 | Shalesha Majors
Dec 14, 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the next National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant...
Oct 09, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO recognizes Stephanie R. Black, MD, MSc as its latest Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Champion. Dr. Black serves as the Medical Director of the Communicable Disease Program at the Chicago Department of Public Health. IPC Champions like Dr. Black are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about infection prevention and control. They work at local health departments and advance infection...
The Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections & Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens (CORHA), which includes representatives from local health departments on behalf of NACCHO, has released two draft chapters of the CORHA High-Level Guidance for Outbreaks of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens.
The toolkit was developed to help state and local health departments respond to suspected or confirmed cases clusters, or outbreaks of Shigella infection.
NACCHO has announced that Dr. Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH, FACPM, Associate Director for the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program within the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) has been selected as a NACCHO Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Champion. NACCHO's new IPC Champion recognition highlights the IPC achievements of local health departments and honors the staff...
CORHA has released a new resource, two draft chapters from the High-Level Guidance for Outbreaks of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens.
A paper today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) describes the first US case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae harboring a genetic element that confers resistance to a first-line antibiotic.
CDC has updated its gonorrhea treatment guidelines to recommend treating infections with a single, higher dosage injection of ceftriaxone. A two-drug approach is no longer recommended.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the next National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB), 2020-2025, which presents coordinated, strategic actions that the United States Government will take in the next five years to improve the health and wellbeing of all Americans by changing the course of antibiotic resistance.
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May 09, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...
Mar 08, 2024
NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...
Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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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