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Post-COVID Conditions, Modeling, Health Literacy, and Population Health Trainings

Posted in: Workforce Development

October 7, 2022

Don’t miss CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses this October. People with post-COVID conditions commonly report cardiovascular symptoms and complications. Learn how to treat these complications in Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Cardiovascular Symptoms Following COVID. Free...

Public Health Action Needed on Alzheimer's Disease

Posted in: Workforce Development

September 19, 2022

Natalia Babenko, Public Health Foundation Internand MPH Candidate at the University of South FloridaThe COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected mortality from Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Over the first year of the pandemic, the U.S. faced a 15% increase in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease...

Monkeypox, Naloxone, Human Trafficking, and STD Trainings

Posted in: TRAIN

September 14, 2022

Fall into September’s featured trainings on CDC Learning Connection.Learn how to counsel patients on reducing their risk of monkeypox infection and treatment options for the disease in Treating Monkeypox: Q&A.Learn about the history of monkeypox, epidemiology of the current outbreak, and what we still...

Monkeypox, COVID-19, Tickborne Diseases, Grants Management, and Veteran Health Trainings

Posted in: TRAIN

August 10, 2022

Wrap up your summer with CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses and earn free CE. CDC urges healthcare providers in the U.S. to be alert for patients who have rash illnesses consistent with monkeypox. Learn about updates on monkeypox diagnosis, testing, tecovirimat (TPOXX) treatment, and vaccines...

Resources and Training for Health Professionals on Mpox

August 8, 2022

Vanessa Lamers, MESc, MPH, Director, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health FoundationKeira Wickliffe Berger RN, MSN, MPH, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist/Humanitarian Emergencies Specialist The US has now declared mpox a Public Health Emergency, following the World Health...

Vaccine Equity is Health Equity: Resources to Support Equitable Vaccination

Posted in: Community Development, and Workforce Development

July 13, 2022

Joanna Levine, Program Analyst, Public Health FoundationNolan Gill, Health Communications Associate, Public Health FoundationNatalia Babenko, Public Health Foundation Intern and MPH Candidate at the University of South FloridaThe COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the disparities and inequities...

CDC Announces Landmark Investment in Public Health Capacity: PHF is Ready to Help

by Michael Barry

June 23, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is making available nearly $4 billion to help health departments address critical public health infrastructure needs. The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems,...

Catching Up on Vaccination During National Infant Immunization Week

Posted in: Community Development

April 14, 2022

Joanna Levine, Program Analyst, Public Health FoundationVanessa Lamers, Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health Foundation

COVID-19 Vaccination, TB, CLIA Regulations, and Blood Clots

Posted in: Workforce Development

March 15, 2022

Spring into training this March with CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses and earn free CE. Learn COVID-19 vaccination guidance for people who are moderately or severely immunocompromised and review data on extended intervals between mRNA vaccine doses in Updated Guidance for Clinicians on...

Improving Patient Confidence in Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination

Posted in: Community Development, and Workforce Development

March 14, 2022

Joanna Levine, Program Analyst, Public Health FoundationNolan Gill, Health Communications Associate, Public Health FoundationThis information was updated on May 20, 2022As part of the Public Health Foundation’s (PHF) ongoing effort to support healthcare providers and vaccination...