H1N1 Flu: The Public Health Community Responds
May 6, 2009 | Video/Story
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Campaign Raises Public Awareness of Global Infectious Diseases
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Through a national baseline survey, the Global Health Council established a 1999 level of awareness among the American public of the risks posed to U.S. health by global infectious diseases and conducted a follow-up campaign to educate the public.
Guide Teaches High School Students the A-B-C's of Emerging Infectious Diseases
November 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
In 1997, the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc. wrote, produced and disseminated an activities and curriculum guide to help teach high school students about public health threats, issues, and practices.
Developing a Model Program for Integrating Tribal Public Health into the Multijursidictional Public Health System for Infectious Diseases
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: This document focuses on the importance of policies that include tribes in a comprehensive multijurisdictional public health system that can address infectious disease outbreaks.
Public Health News Roundup: May 16
May 16, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Headlines include: WHO Reports First Patient-to-Nurse Transmission of SARS-like Virus Repeated Head Injuries Raise Soldiers' Suicide Risk HHS Announces $1 Billion to Fuel Health Care Innovation
Local Public Health Departments Tackle Flu
January 28, 2013 | New Public Health Post
During the H1N1 outbreak of a few years ago, there was much greater funding for what the health departments were doing. I saw some magic happening then. They had the funds to hold clinics in very unusual places, such as local baseball stadiums and a ...
How Does Federal Food Safety Legislation Protect the Nation's Food Supply?
September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Each year, roughly 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne diseases, 128,000 people are hospitalized and 3,000 die from related complications.
National Influenza Vaccination Week: It's Not Too Late
December 3, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The proportion of flu-related doctor visits has reached a nine-year high for this time of year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as reported by USA TODAY. Correct anyone who tells you it’s too late to get a flu shot, thou ...
Young Epidemiology Scholar National Finalist Scott Kobner, 2008
August 27, 2012 | Story
Scott Kobner, the son of police officers, developed an early interest in infectious disease. What propelled that attraction into an education and career plan, he says, was the Young Epidemiology Scholars (YES) Competition.
Building Advocacy for Policy Change to Improve the Nation's Health
March 14, 2013 | Program Result Report
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) worked with a coalition of public health, business, and other partners to build consensus for a modernized public health system and to inform the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.