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Start the new year with CDC Learning Connection’s featured training and earn free CE! It’s never too late to get the updated COVID-19 booster. Learn about recent vaccine effectiveness data, schedules for different age groups, and ways to talk with patients in Clinical Guidance and Patient Education...

Flu Testing & Treatment, Trafficking, Disaster Epi, and Strategic Planning Trainings

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Samantha Draper

December 14, 2022

Wrap up 2022 with CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses! Seasonal flu activity is high and continues to increase across the United States. Learn about CDC’s clinical guidance with 2022-2023 Seasonal Influenza Testing and Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Free CE.Foreign national children...

PHF Rolls Out New Workforce Capacity Assessment Technical Assistance

Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Developmentby Michael Barry

December 12, 2022

Michael A. Barry, Director of PHF Strategic Partnerships and Development, Public Health FoundationThe recent investment of federal resources for strengthening public health infrastructure has many health departments aiming to address workforce capacity deficiencies. To help meet this need, the...

Monkeypox, COVID-19, Intro to Public Health, Birth Certificate Data, and Homelessness Trainings

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Samantha Draper

November 22, 2022

Don’t miss CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses this November. As of October 21, there have been 17 confirmed or probable monkeypox cases among pregnant and recently pregnant people and 38 confirmed pediatric cases in the U.S. Learn about clinical considerations for these groups in Update on...

New to Public Health Residency Program: Building Core Competencies for Public Health Practice

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvement, and Workforce Development

October 21, 2022

Hannah Hayes, MPH, RN, Program Manager, New to Public Health Residency Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of NursingSusan Zahner, DrPH, RN, FNAP, FAAN, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of NursingJulianna Manske, MSN, RN, OCN, Program Manager,...

Post-COVID Conditions, Modeling, Health Literacy, and Population Health Trainings

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Samantha Draper

October 7, 2022

Don’t miss CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses this October. People with post-COVID conditions commonly report cardiovascular symptoms and complications. Learn how to treat these complications in Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Cardiovascular Symptoms Following COVID. Free...

Public Health Action Needed on Alzheimer's Disease

Posted in: Workforce Development

September 19, 2022

Natalia Babenko, Public Health Foundation Internand MPH Candidate at the University of South FloridaThe COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected mortality from Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Over the first year of the pandemic, the U.S. faced a 15% increase in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease...

Monkeypox, Naloxone, Human Trafficking, and STD Trainings

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

September 14, 2022

Fall into September’s featured trainings on CDC Learning Connection.Learn how to counsel patients on reducing their risk of monkeypox infection and treatment options for the disease in Treating Monkeypox: Q&A.Learn about the history of monkeypox, epidemiology of the current outbreak, and what we still...

Monkeypox, COVID-19, Tickborne Diseases, Grants Management, and Veteran Health Trainings

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

August 10, 2022

Wrap up your summer with CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses and earn free CE. CDC urges healthcare providers in the U.S. to be alert for patients who have rash illnesses consistent with monkeypox. Learn about updates on monkeypox diagnosis, testing, tecovirimat (TPOXX) treatment, and vaccines...

CDC Announces Landmark Investment in Public Health Capacity: PHF is Ready to Help

by Michael Barry

June 23, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is making available nearly $4 billion to help health departments address critical public health infrastructure needs. The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems,...