Official CDC Health Advisory: Ebola Virus Disease Confirmed in a Traveler to Nigeria; Two U.S. Healthcare Workers in Liberia (July 29, 2014)

Watch as the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, Office of National Drug Control Policy and White House Initiative for AAPIs commemorate World Hepatitis Day and recognize leaders in the field. View the live stream here on Wednesday, July 30, 12-2:30 p.m. EDT. (July 28, 2014)

Has your company signed on to support National African American Hepatitis C Action Day on Friday, July 25, 2014? ow.ly/zsfIq (July 22, 2014)

Free live webinar, July 30: Acute Coronoary Syndrome: Safe Transition to Home...and Health (July 21, 2014)

Registration is now open for the 1st International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health. (July 21, 2014).

World Hepatitis Day is July 28. Learn more. (July 18, 2014)

NIOSH is offering resources to help you obsere N95 Day on September 5. Learn more about this important recognition of respiratory protection awareness. (July 17, 2014)

Study: Registered Nurses are delaying retiremen; contributing to larger workforce. Read more from Health Affairs. (July 17, 2014)

A 2014 Hepatitis C Drug Guide is now available from Project Inform. A free webinar, "Scaling Up Risk-based Hepatitis C Screening in the U.S.," is scheduled for July 23, 2014.  (July 17, 2014)
 
Free continuing education from the National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 17, 2-3pm EDT:  Love the Pets, Not the Germs: CDC Update on Enteric Zoonoses (July 9, 2014)

Action Alert: Urge your Senators to co-sponsor the Viral Hepatitis Testing Act. (July 2, 2014)

CDC offers two recorded Updates for Clinicians on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): May 6 recording and May 28 recording with Interim Clinical Guidance. To receive updates from CDC’s Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA), sign up here. This will enable you to receive notices of future calls and learn about previously recorded calls on illnesses such as Measles, Chikungunya, Tickborne Diseases, Malaria and more. (July 2, 2014)

Two Upcoming Hepatitis C Webinars from The AIDS Institute: Deconstructing HCV Treatment (July 9) and Coverage of Hepatitis C Testing Under the Affordable Care Act (July 10)   (June 30, 2014)

CDC Clinicial Outreach and Communication Activity Update - June 16 edition (June 23, 3014)

If you missed the live broadcast June 11, now you can watch the webcast of the Warner Lecture series.
Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, spoke one-on-one with Legacy President and CEO Robin Koval about the Center's vision for the regulation of tobacco products to help reduce the death and disease toll caused by tobacco use. (June 18, 2014)

AAOHN Careers Committee releases poster and summary of the changing roles of occupational health nurses. Learn more. (June 18, 2014)

Free webinar - June 19: Healthy Swimming: Prevent and Treat Infections Caused by Brain-Eating Amebas and Chlorine-Tolerant Parasites (June 13, 2014)

CDC Health Advisory - Guidance to US Clinicians re: New WHO Polio vaccination requirements for Travel by Residents of and Long-term Visitors to Countries with Active Polio Tansmission (June 2, 2014)

On May 27, 2014, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendations on hepatitis B screening of non-pregnant adolescents and adults. (May 30, 2014)

Update: CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity - April 21, 2014 (April 21, 2014)

News from the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable - April 2014 issue (April 21, 2014)

NIOSH Science Blog: Do we need to challenge respirator filters with biological aerosols?
NIOSH is seeking information and comments to assess whether NIOSH should consider additional filter test methods to enhance existing requirements. Are there any important developments in aerosol science or key scientific data that would better inform NIOSH on the filtration of biological aerosols?  This request for information was published in a Federal Register Notice on March 14, 2014.  Comments may be submitted directly to NIOSH Docket #272 through regulations.gov. Deadline for comments is April 14. (April 7, 2014)

Action alert from National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable: Urge senators to sign appropriations letter. (April 1, 2014)

From the CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity: March 24, 2014 update (March 31, 2014)

Press Release: AAOHN and ACOEM to Study Impact of Increased Use of Marijuana on Workplace Health & Safety (March 10, 2014)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposes to cover Hepatitis C testing as a preventive service benefit for at-risk populations. A final ruling is expected in June. You can read the draft memo here. (March 7, 2014)