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Dr. Jonathan Mermin, Director of NCHHSTP, shares some of the latest updates in science, research, policy, and communications, and links for more information, in his bi-monthly Connections newsletter.
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- November – December 2021: PDF – Mobile
What Works in Schools; Congenital Syphilis: Preliminary 2020 Data; Estimates Reveal Decline in Hepatitis C Treatment 2015-2020 - September – October 2021: PDF – Mobile
Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool; Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Treatment Guidelines, 2021; Medical Monitoring Report - July – August 2021: PDF – Mobile
Reflections on 40 Years of HIV; Round-up of Recent HIV-related Funding Announcements; Viral Hepatitis Surveillance 2019 - May – June 2021: PDF – Mobile
National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) Report; STD Surveillance Report, 2019; What’s New in AtlasPlus - March – April 2021: PDF – Mobile
Digital Media Tools for Public Health Professionals; HIV Prevention in the United States: Mobilizing to End the Epidemic; Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Prevalence, Incidence, and Cost Estimates - January – February 2021: PDF – Mobile
HIV Criminalization Laws and Ending the U.S. HIV Epidemic; Sexually Transmitted Infections National Strategic Plan; Viral Hepatitis National Strategic Plan
- November – December 2020: PDF – Mobile
Youth Risk Behaviour Survey (YRBS) Summary; Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2019; Social Determinants of Health Among Adults with Diagnosed HIV Infection, 2018 - September – October 2020: PDF – Mobile
America’s HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard; Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Explorer; Viral Hepatitis 2018 Surveillance Summary - July – August 2020: PDF – Mobile
Three New HIV Surveillance Reports; New Recommendations for Organ Transplant Safety; July 16: Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America Stakeholder Webinar - May – June 2020: PDF – Mobile
2018 State and City TB Report; Drug Shortages; June 27: National HIV Testing Day - March – April 2020: PDF – Mobile
Stay up-to-date on the Latest Information on COVID-19; World TB Day; What’s New in AtlasPlus - January – February 2020: PDF – Mobile
2018 School Health Profiles; Recommendations for Providing Quality Sexually Transim tted Diseases Clinical Services; 2020 Ready, Set, PrEP
- November – December 2019: PDF – Mobile
2018 STD Surveillance Report; Social Determinants of Health Among Adults with Diagnosed HIV Infection, 2017 surveillance; Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: An Official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline - September – October 2019: PDF – Mobile
HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report, Volume 24, Number 3; 2017 Hepatitis Surveillance Report; CDC’s Nation Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers Delivers Vital Support to Clinicians - July – August 2019: PDF – Mobile
New Materials about Syringe Services Programs (SSPs); Nationwide Shortage of Tuberculin Skin Test Antigens; Youth Connectedness and Adult Health Outcomes - May – June 2019: PDF – Mobile
TB Screening, Testing & Treatment guidelines for Health Care Personnel; Hep C State Policy Simulator tool available; National HIV Testing Day – June 27 PDF – Mobile - March – April 2019: PDF – Mobile
World TB Day 2019; Estimated HIV Incidence and Prevalence in the United States 2010-2016; New Personal Stories of Tuberculosis Survivors - January – February 2019: PDF – Mobile
HIV Surveillance Report; Advance Molecular Detection (AMD); Hepatitis State Prevalence Paper