AIDS United and Project Inform released a report examining current efforts to bring safer consumption spaces—protected places used for the hygienic consumption of pre-obtained drugs in a non-judgmental environment and under the supervision of trained staff—to…
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) published a new online toolkit developed to increase awareness about the dangers of influenza in U.S. adults with chronic health conditions and the importance of annual vaccination. As…
In advance of World AIDS Day on December 1st, the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law has released two new reports on emerging HIV issues in the United States, including policy ideas for…
AIDSVu recently released new state-level data and interactive maps visualizing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use in 2017. This update builds upon AIDSVu’s release earlier this year of the first-ever state-level data and maps of PrEP use…
NACCHO is pleased to release an updated Fall 2018 edition of the Guide to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Resources for Local Health Departments. The guide provides resources to assist local health departments (LHDs) in their overall efforts…
Each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which provides the most recent surveillance data on health behaviors and experiences among high school students across the…
The GLSEN National School Climate Survey is our flagship report on the school experiences of LGBTQ youth in schools, including the extent of the challenges that they face at school and the school-based resources that…
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released several resources focused on opioid facts for teenagers. The resources provide information about what opioids are, how their misuse has led to the opioid crisis, the…
This week ADM Brett Giroir, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced the process the Department will use to develop the next editions of the National HIV/AIDS…
HIV continues to be a major public health crisis in the U.S. with almost 40,000 new cases each year, compounded by the syndemics of opioid use, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and tuberculosis (TB).…