The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Last week, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced the first cases of a concerning new gonorrhea strain. The new...
Feb 01, 2023 | Rebekah Horowitz
Kick off U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) with NACCHO as a partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Nov 18, 2021 | Jaclyn Abramson
The CDC released Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Treatment Guidelines, 2021, which provide current evidence-based diagnostic,...
Jul 22, 2021 | Rebekah Horowitz
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that COVID-19 caused a significant reduction in chlamydia and...
May 28, 2021 | Julia Zigman, Guest Author
More than 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in 2019.
Apr 09, 2021 | Shalesha Majors
A new fact sheet from NACCHO and the National Coalition for Sexual Health describes who should get tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea,...
Feb 04, 2021 | Julia Zigman
New Toolkit Aims to Strengthen Sexually Transmitted Disease Services at Local Health Departments
Jan 29, 2021 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO will fund up to 4 local health departments (LHDs) up to $100,000 each to implement pharyngeal gonorrhea test of cure. This...
Jan 19, 2021 | Rebekah Horowitz
CDC has updated its gonorrhea treatment guidelines to recommend treating infections with a single, higher dosage injection of...
Dec 17, 2020 | Shalesha Majors
Last week, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced the first cases of a concerning new gonorrhea strain. The new strain shows reduced response to multiple antibiotics and another case was also found that had genetic markers that indicate a similar drug response. The clinical alert from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health can be found here.
Kick off U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) with NACCHO as a partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, Nov 18 through Nov 24!
The CDC released Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Treatment Guidelines, 2021, which provide current evidence-based diagnostic, management, and treatment recommendations and replace the previous 2015 guidance.
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that COVID-19 caused a significant reduction in chlamydia and gonorrhea screening and diagnosis in 2020.
A new fact sheet from NACCHO and the National Coalition for Sexual Health describes who should get tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea, why to get tested, what to expect, and tips for talking with health care providers.
NACCHO will fund up to 4 local health departments (LHDs) up to $100,000 each to implement pharyngeal gonorrhea test of cure. This implementation will provide essential information about the feasibility of implementing TOC for all pharyngeal gonorrhea cases in clinical practice.
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.
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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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The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...
Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross
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