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CDC to open disease forecasting center
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will use American Rescue Plan Act funds to create a Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics to anticipate public health threats, the agency announced.
CDC estimates one in five U.S. residents has sexually transmitted infection
An estimated one in five people in the United States had a sexually transmitted infection at some point in 2018, with almost half of new infections in those under age 25, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
CDC reports health care-associated infections continue to decline
Acute-care hospitals reduced Clostridium difficile infections by 18%, catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Virtual Platform Offers Gathering Place to Discuss Pandemic Response
The recently launched AHA Living Learning Network (LLN) provides essential resources through a peer-to-peer community of health care professionals dedicated to helping hospitals and health systems recover, rebuild and reimagine health care while responding to the pandemic.
HHS launches largest public-private Lyme disease partnership in history
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation Oct. 10 announced the LymeX Innovation Accelerator, a $25 million, public-private partnership to expedite progress and strategically advance solutions to Lyme and other tickborne diseases.
ASHHRA Coronavirus Update
ASHHRA What's New
Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, the American Hospital Association has worked closely with the CDC, and other federal, state and local partners to respond to this challenge and to make sure hospitals and health systems have the most up-to-date information.
Payers Push to Slow Disease Progression
Payers like Humana and Oscar Health, along with Aetna, represented by its parent company CVS Health, provided updates on how their evolving strategies are reducing health care costs and driving health behaviors. Humana CEO Bruce Broussard said the flurry of payer mergers and acquisitions in the payer field largely have been fueled by a desire to slow disease progression. Humana’s investments in primary care and physician groups illustrate its commitment in this area.
CDC issues update on vaping-associated lung injuries
A total of 2,291 patients have been hospitalized for vaping-associated lung injuries in the states, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, and 48 people have died from the condition.
CDC: HIV testing, treatment not reaching enough Americans
Achieving the U.S. goal of reducing new HIV infections by 90% over 10 years will require accelerated efforts to diagnose, treat and prevent HIV, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC: 1 in 5 adolescents and 1 in 4 young adults now living with prediabetes
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published today in JAMA Pediatrics reveals that nearly one in five adolescents aged 12-18 years, and one in four young adults aged 19-34 years, are living with prediabetes, a health condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. The condition increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, heart disease and stroke.