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NFID Calls for 2024 Awards Nominations Honoring Public Health Heroes
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award and the Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement
Talking about Vaccines without Ruining the Holidays
The time to deal with vaccine misinformation is immediately. And the way to deal with it is through building connections and expressing empathy.
3 Things To Know on World Pneumonia Day
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and the American Lung Association encourage those who are at risk to talk with a healthcare professional about pneumococcal vaccines
C. diff: An Urgent Public Health Threat
November is C. diff Awareness Month, an annual opportunity to raise awareness about this common but potentially deadly infection
Overcoming Barriers to Vaccination
NFID Medical Director Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, shares his thoughts on communication tactics and other strategies to help overcome barriers to vaccination
Leading by Example for a Healthier Fall and Winter
CDC guest post on the importance of disease prevention and leading by example to help protect against flu, COVID-19, and RSV
Media Resources
NFID provides resources and subject matter experts as spokespeople to help educate the public about vaccine-preventable diseases and other infectious disease topics
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