The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently released a comprehensive toolkit designed to support state public health and Medicaid collaborations aimed at improving health outcomes among people living with HIV (PLWH). This toolkit…
PleasePrEPMe recently launched PleasePrEPMe:Resources, individual web pages with online pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) resources for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, in English and Spanish. Each page includes state-specific, regional and national PrEP education…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a new technical fact sheet that describes the process, science, and next steps in communicating around antiretroviral therapy (ART) and viral suppression of HIV. The fact…
Last week, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) released its 2017 Sex Ed State Legislative Year-End Report. The report offers an analysis of every state-level bill introduced in 2017 that relates…
In response to questions surrounding language in their “Dear Colleague” letter for Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released an informational sheet on undetectable viral load and HIV transmission risk.…
Despite significant advances in diagnosis, care and prevention, HIV/AIDS continues to be a public health crisis in the United States. The situation is most acute in the Southern U.S., which experiences the greatest burden of…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) has opened nominations for the 2018 Childhood Immunization Champion Award. The Champion Award is intended to recognize individuals who are…
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of foodborne illness prevention and response. LHDs are responsible for food safety inspections, epidemiological surveillance, the investigation of foodborne illness, and educating the public on food…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) is a surveillance system used to capture environmental assessment data from foodborne illness outbreak investigations. In this 5-minute video, produced by the National Environmental Health…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking proposals for a $1,050,000 funding opportunity that aims to obtain a better understanding of the factors contributing to disparities in vaccination coverage observed between adolescents…