The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging our global and national public health preparedness, capacity, and strategies. Key components of the public health strategy to prevent the spread of respiratory virus infections such as COVID-19 include identification, isolation,...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem in the United States, worsened by injection drug use and the opioid crisis. Between 2013 and 2016, almost 2.4 million Americans, or 1% of the population, were living with the injection. Fortunately,...
2019 Annual Global Tuberculosis Report Released by World Health OrganizationEach year since 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published a global report on tuberculosis in an effort to provide the public with a comprehensive and current assessment of the...
Pediatric asthma is considered the most common chronic serious disease among infants and children, with approximately 8.4 percent of children diagnosed in the United States. Within the past two decades, the prevalence of asthma has steadily risen and the number of...
The Ben Franklin Tuberculosis (TB) Program, housed at Columbus Public Health (CPH), serves as the TB control unit for Franklin County, Ohio. The program is responsible for all aspects of TB surveillance, case management, and prevention and control activities....
Providing high-magnitude financial incentives may be a key intervention in promoting viral suppression among people with HIVClinical experts struggle to find effective ways to keep patients on daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) to prevent future HIV transmission....
