This week the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a powerful awareness campaign featuring real-life accounts of people recovering from opioid use disorder and people who have lost loved ones to prescription opioid overdose. The campaign aims to increase awareness and knowledge about the risk of prescription opioids and stop inappropriate use….
Read More »This week, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released its “2016 STD Annual Report” which includes data tables, trends, slides, and technical notes regarding sexually transmitted diseases throughout California last year. The report indicated the rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and early syphilis are increasing in California; CDPH is particularly concerned about the observed increase…
Read More »Please note that the deadline to make changes to your local health department page in our 2018 Health Directory is next Friday, October 6. If you need another copy of your directory page, please email us at admin@cheac.org.
Read More »We are delighted to announce that Butte County’s Department of Public Health Department was awarded national public health accreditation status by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) earlier this week. Butte becomes the tenth local health department awarded PHAB recognition in California along with CDPH. Please join us in congratulating the hard work and success…
Read More »Appearing before the California Nurses Association, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom today urged state legislators to move forward with SB 562 by Senator Ricardo Lara which would establish universal, single-payer health care in California. Recall, the measure was shelved in the Assembly by Speaker Anthony Rendon earlier this summer, due to a lack of details around…
Read More »The California Climate Action Team Public Health Workgroup Quarterly Meeting (CATPHWG) will be held on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm at the CalEPA Sierra Hearing Room, Second Floor (1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA). For those unable to attend in person, the meeting will also be available via webcast. The meeting…
Read More »Each month, Healthy People 2020 releases an infographic with the latest data related to a Leading Health Indicator (LHI) topic displaying the progress toward Healthy People 2020 targets and work still left to be done. This month, Healthy People 2020 showcases oral health data and the importance of dental visits. The infographic is available here.
Read More »Please note that the deadline to make changes to your local health department page in our 2018 Health Directory is quickly approaching – Friday, October 6. If you need another copy of your directory page, please email us at admin@cheac.org.
Read More »This week, Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Vice Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) announced agreement on a $35 billion five-year funding extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Such long-term extension is expected to provide stability to the CHIP program and its beneficiaries, as well as increased flexibility for states to administer…
Read More »A recent article published in the academic journal Vaccine may be misleading to pregnant women, according to experts. The article provides puzzling data suggesting an association—not a causal link—between miscarriage and previous receipt of back-to-back annual pH1N1 influenza vaccines. This study is the first of its kind to explore such connection between influenza vaccines and…
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