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New Tool to Fight Syphilis? Walmart Gift Cards

NORTH CAROLINA: “New Tool to Fight Syphilis? Walmart Gift Cards” MSNBC.com (09.14.09):: Brian Alexander Forsyth County, N.C., has already recorded 140 syphilis cases this year, more than triple the number for 2008, and the poor economy may be partly to blame, say officials there. However, the economy also motivated many residents to get screened for the disease [...]

Guilford Holds First HPV Clinics for Middle School Girls

NORTH CAROLINA: “Guilford Holds First HPV Clinics for Middle School Girls” MyFox8.com (Greensboro) (10.06.09) Two Guilford County middle schools – Brown Summit Middle School and Lincoln Academy – on Tuesday held the first of several grant-funded clinics to administer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil to girls in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Additional clinics were [...]

NC STD Update Web-based Training

This update provides an overview of the North Carolina STD testing and treatment protocols and revised communicable disease law for HIV testing. Agenda: Gonorrhea Treatment in NC: Dr. Peter Leone Herpes testing and treatment: Dr. Peter Leone Acute HIV Follow-up in NC: JoAnn Kuruc, MSN, RN Chlamydia Screening Update: Ron Higginbotham; Mary Noel Dodd NC STD/HIV Rule Changes: Pete Moore ER RN [...]