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    Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus in Animals: Interim Recommendations for Prevention, Monitoring, and...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Summary The purpose of this guidance is to outline CDC’s recommendations for preventing exposures to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) viruses,...

    No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza

    “Life is very difficult here,” hospital manager Dr. Haidar Al-Qudra told UN News. Currently, only 12 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are “partially functioning”, according to...

    Notes from the Field: Transmission of Mpox to Nonsexual Close Contacts — Two U.S....

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Investigation and Outcomes Data Collection and Analysis During August–September 2022, CDC requested that U.S. jurisdictions submit aggregate or deidentified individual-level data on the...

    CDC Recommends RSV Vaccine For Older Adults | CDC Online Newsroom

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendations for use of new...

    FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Frozen Mushroom Risotto Products Due To Misbranding And...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Editor’s Note: April 5, 2024 – Details of this public health alert were updated to reflect additional misbranded...

    Underuse of Antiviral Drugs to Prevent Progression to Severe COVID-19 — Veterans Health Administration,...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Methods Study Cohort and Patient Characteristics Data on vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection and demographic and clinical data were obtained from the VA COVID-19...

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    The 2021 Wisconsin Population Health and Equity Report Card

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Hannah Olson-Williams, BS1; Keith P. Gennuso, PhD2; Marjory L. Givens, PhD, MSPH1,2; David A. Kindig, MD, PhD1,2 (View author affiliations) Suggested citation...

    Issue Brief: The Role of Housing in Ending the HIV Epidemic | Policy and...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Research shows that housing instability is a significant barrier to HIV care and is associated with higher rates of behaviors that...

    World AIDS Day Toolkit

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Find and share social media posts to raise HIV awareness among people worldwide and encourage them to get tested and know...

    Legionnaires' Disease

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Legionnaires' disease is a serious type of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria. Source of original article: Centers for Disease Control and...

    Notes from the Field: Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections After Cosmetic Surgery Procedures in Florida —...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Katharine E. Saunders, DNP1,2; Juliana M. Reyes, MS2; Lorrie Cyril, MPH2; Molly Mitchell, PhD3; Stephanie Colter, DrPH2; Jalysa Erskine, MPH2; Kiara...

    Back to School Vaccines

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Routine vaccinations are a great tool to keep kids healthy. Source of original article: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

    Rural–Urban Differences in Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity, and Food Security Among Children and...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Elizabeth Crouch, PhD1,2; Demetrius A. Abshire, PhD, RN3; Michael D. Wirth, PhD3; Peiyin Hung, PhD2; Gabriel A. Benavidez, MPH1 (View author...

    Stop Food Outbreaks with Environmental Assessments | NCEH

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Food safety investigators can use environmental assessments to improve food safety. Environmental assessments are an important part of outbreak investigations. They...

    CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Launches First Federal Campaign for Hospitals...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Washington, D.C. (October 31, 2023) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...

    FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Shoprite Brand Bowl & Basket Chicken Noodle Soup...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2023 –...

    FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ground Beef Due to Possible E. Coli O103...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). WASHINGTON, October 13, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing...

    Notes from the Field: Potential Outbreak of Extrapulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus subspecies massiliense Infections from...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Minh-Vu H. Nguyen, MD1; Nabeeh A. Hasan, PhD2; Vinicius Calado Nogueira De Moura, MSc, MBA1; L. Elaine Epperson, PhD2; Christopher A....

    CDC to Launch “Bridge Access Program” in Fall 2023 to Provide Free COVID-19 Vaccines...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). To help ensure that millions of uninsured and underinsured American adults continue to have access to no-cost COVID-19 vaccinations, the Centers...

    HIV and All Gay and Bisexual Men | HIV by Group | HIV/AIDS

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Gay, bisexual, and other men who reported male-to-male sexual contacta,b are disproportionately affected by HIV. Social and structural issues—such as HIV stigma, homophobia,...

    Volume 4, Number 3 | HIV Surveillance Data Tables | Reports | Resource Library...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative leverages critical scientific advances in HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and outbreak...

    CDC Update on A(H5N6) Bird Flu: How is the U.S. CDC Monitoring A(H5N6) Infections...

    Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). November 1, 2021— Ongoing global monitoring for respiratory viruses with pandemic potential has recently identified three new human infections with avian...