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Report says hospitals misusing antibiotics
A new Vital Signs report from CDC shows that clinicians in some hospitals prescribe three times as many antibiotics than clinicians in other hospitals, even though patients were receiving care in similar areas of each hospital. The report also found that, in hospitals, a 30 percent reduction in use of the antibiotics that most often cause deadly diarrheal infections with Clostridium difficile can reduce these infections by more than 25 percent. The same antibiotics also prime patients for future super-resistant infections. The report is here and CDC's news release is here.
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H1N1 case highlights crucial role of social media
In a special video to public health communicators, NPHIC member Kerry Shearer shares how a near-tragic H1N1 case attracted worldwide attention through social media. Kerry offers a couple of key reminders, encouragement and a challenge for each of you who work so hard every day to communicate public health messages. Watch the video here.
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Webinar set on adult immunization awareness
A VICNetwork webinar titled "Adults Need Vaccines Too? Strategies to Increase Immunization Awareness and Vaccination Rates" is scheduled for Thursday, March 20, at 2 p.m. Eastern. Adult vaccination rates in the U.S. are very low. This means that thousands of adults are needlessly suffering from diseases that could be prevented by vaccines. Research shows that most adults are not aware they need vaccines to protect against diseases beyond influenza. The webinar will present evidence-based strategies and communication resources to help educate and encourage adults to get vaccinated. Register here.
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Foster Farms salmonella outbreak not over after year
The outbreak of drug-resistant salmonella Heidelberg tied to Foster Farms chicken is continuing, CDC announced March 3, a full year after the outbreak began. The outbreak was initially thought to be over in January, but 51 additional cases of two of the previously rare Heidelberg strains were identified in February. That brought the total since March 1, 2013 to 481 cases in 25 states and Puerto Rico, with 76% of the cases in California. CDC's report is here and an NBC report is here. A map of the states showing case counts is here.
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CDC Grand Rounds on multi-drug resistant TB
A CDC Grand Rounds titled "Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis: Tools for tackling a new face of an old foe" is scheduled for Tuesday, March 18, at 1 p.m. Eastern. Multi-drug resistant TB is resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampin, the two most potent TB drugs. These drugs are used to treat all persons with TB disease. More here, including link to watch the live webcast.
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Obesity: News great for children, bad for senior women
The obesity rate among 2- to 5-year-old children plummeted to 8.4% in 2011-12 from 13.9% in 2003-4, with most of the decline occurring since 2009-10, according to CDC's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data. A study based on the data was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings are significant because it is in childhood that obesity (and all the disease risks that come with it) becomes established and very difficult to shake. One finding in the study was disheartening, though: There was a significant increase in obesity for women age 60 and older to 38.1% from 31.5% during the same time period. CDC's news release is here. JAMA's study abstract is here. New York Times extensive coverage is here. CNN coverage (including a clip from First Lady Michelle Obama reading a healthy foods rap) is here.
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Recording of February 27 call now available
A recording of the Feb. 27 Health Promotion call with the CDC is now available. The call's topics included healthcare associated infections due to unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions; communications efforts in establishing health insurance exchanges in a low-income region; and hot upcoming media topics, which include state-specific alcohol-related deaths, prescription pain reliever overuse, and a recommendation to increase the fluoride level in drinking water. The recording is here.
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National Public Health Week Twitter chat invitation
This year's National Public Health Week Twitter chat is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, from 2-3 p.m. Eastern. It will include some serious star power from businesses to celebrities, along with the nation's brightest public health minds ? and you, we hope. The chat will be hosted by @NPHW and sponsored by @PublicHealth, the American Public Health Association's official Twitter account with more than 300,000 followers. The conversation will be guided by the hashtag #NPHWchat. So don't delay; join the explosion of public health communicators with your RSVP for the chat.
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Google Glass app seen as disease tracker
UCLA researchers say they've developed a Google Glass app that could rapidly identify and track disease outbreaks and improve public health monitoring and rapid response in disaster-relief areas. With the technology, the Google Glass camera can capture pictures of rapid diagnostic tests, small strips on which blood or fluid samples are placed and which change color to indicate the presence of HIV, malaria, prostate cancer or other conditions. Users then can remotely send these images to a special server platform and in eight seconds receive detailed and accurate analyses. "This smart app allows for real-time tracking of health conditions and could be quite valuable in epidemiology, mobile health and telemedicine," says principal investigator Aydogan Ozcan. UCLA's news release is here and a peer-reviewed research abstract is here.
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