Reported Mumps Cases Are on the Rise
Posted in: Data Analysis
March 30, 2018
During March 2018, Texas health officials issued a warning at a cheerleading championship that nearly 25,000 people may have been exposed to mumps, a contagious virus that causes the salivary glands in the face to become swollen. Symptoms can include fever, headache and muscle aches, and typically occur...
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Three Immunization Perspectives You Need to Read
Posted in: Community Development, Conferences and Events, and Workforce Development
March 11, 2016
In the wake of Zika virus and recent infectious disease outbreaks, concerns are rising about emerging infectious diseases and their devastating consequences on the health of infants and young children.
National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW), in partnership with health departments, national immunization...
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Shots at Pharmacies: A Growing Trend
Posted in: Community Development
January 8, 2016
Antoinette V. Barber, Director, Learning Resource Center, Public Health Foundation
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) creates and supports opportunities to achieve public health and healthcare system alignment to improve community health. PHF applauds new policies that increase system collaboration for...
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Immunization Protects All of Us
March 20, 2015
Dr. Amanda Cohn is Deputy Director of the Immunization Services Division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
National Infant Immunization Week is April 18 - 25, 2015.
Vaccines have greatly reduced infectious diseases th...
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Time for a Flu Vaccine: Get It and Recommend It
Posted in: Community Development, and Workforce Development
September 11, 2014
Joseph Bresee, M.D., FAAP, is Chief of the Epidemiology and Prevention Branch in the Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and is a captain in the United States Public Health Service. This Branch is responsible for conducting influenza surveillance; working to understand...
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Keep Up the Fight Against Flu - Recommend & Offer Flu Vaccination
Posted in: Community Development, and Workforce Development
February 5, 2014
Seema Jain, MD, is a Medical Epidemiologist for the Epidemiology and Prevention Branch in the Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Jain joined the Influenza Division’s Epidemiology and...
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Be AWARE: Oregon Coalition Working to Reduce Antibiotic Resistance
Posted in: Conferences and Events
December 20, 2013
Tessa Jaqua is a public health educator and the program coordinator of the Oregon Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education for the Oregon Health Authority. Tessa has a background in lifespan public health, bringing experience from maternal and childhood health, gerontology, immunizations,...
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The "STATE" of Antibiotic Resistance
Posted in: Community Development
February 12, 2013
Ann Marie Goode, MS is a Pharm.D. Candidate at Auburn University Harrison, School of Pharmacy. Ms. Goode was also a Pharmacy Intern at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Works program in the Fall of 2012.
Antibiotic resistance is considered to be one...
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Together We Can Use The Community Guide!
Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement
February 5, 2013
Mary Kushion, MSA is the Health Officer of the Central Michigan District Health Department; a six-county district health department which includes the counties of Arenac, Clare, Gladwin, Isabella, Osceola and Roscommon.
It has almost been a year since the Central Michigan District Health Department...
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Highlights from Immunization Strategies: Using the Evidence and What Works to Improve Practice
Posted in: Workforce Development
August 22, 2012
Moderated Discussion with Hugh Tilson, MD, DrPH
Questions and Answers with Ray Strikas, MD, MPH, Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and Lucy Wells, Quality Manager, MAOM, DHAc, Duval County Health Department, Florida
Thank...
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