The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
By Ana Rappold, Mary Clare Hano, Steven Prince and Ann Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hospitals, clinics, and...
Oct 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Please see the statement below from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Among those in Hurricane Michael’s path in the...
Oct 11, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The CDC Southeast Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Disease: Gateway Program is offering fellowship awards to attend the 2019...
Sep 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department...
Sep 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), the Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC), and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) have...
Aug 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Through the Southern HIV Impact Fund, AIDS United will award urgent action grants of up to $25,000 to organizations that challenge and...
Smart Growth America released case studies from Orlando, FL; Lexington, KY; and South Bend, IN describing the roll-out of the Safe...
Jul 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
In response to the destruction from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria occurring across Southern states and U.S. territories in 2017,...
Jul 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report, Enhanced Surveillance for Coccidioidomycosis, 14 States,...
Jul 16, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By Ana Rappold, Mary Clare Hano, Steven Prince and Ann Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Hospitals, clinics, and public health organizations in wildfire-prone areas of the West and Southwest are seeing firsthand the impacts of wildfire season on public health. As these fires become larger, more frequent, and more intense—leaving smoke-filled skies for days, […]
Please see the statement below from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Among those in Hurricane Michael’s path in the Southeast U.S. are farmers and their fields of crops grown for human consumption. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has several resources to help growers who may be […]
The CDC Southeast Center of Excellence in Vector Borne Disease: Gateway Program is offering fellowship awards to attend the 2019 Florida Mosquito Control Association (FMCA) Dodd Short Courses. The Dodd Short Courses will be held February 3rd – 8th, 2019, at the Hilton UF Conference Center in Gainesville, Florida. The fellowship award of $1,000 can be […]
By Andrew Linton, CPM, RS, Division Manager, Environmental Health Division, Maricopa County Environmental Services Department Editor’s Note: September is National Food Safety Month. Throughout the month, NACCHO is featuring local health departments’ food safety efforts, starting with Maricopa County. The Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (MCESD) is the proud recipient...
The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), the Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC), and the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR) have released “Punishment is Not a Public Health Strategy: The Criminalization of Viral Hepatitis in the United States” – a fact sheet on viral hepatitis criminalization laws throughout the country. More than a dozen U.S. […]
Through the Southern HIV Impact Fund, AIDS United will award urgent action grants of up to $25,000 to organizations that challenge and strengthen the socio-political landscape of the U.S. South. The Southern HIV Impact Fund focuses on the needs of individuals and communities affected by HIV in three primary areas: prevention; care and support; and […]
Smart Growth America released case studies from Orlando, FL; Lexington, KY; and South Bend, IN describing the roll-out of the Safe Streets Academy. This program worked to build skills in safer street design, creative placemaking, and community engagement, then helped the cities put these skills into practice. Read the case studies.
In response to the destruction from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria occurring across Southern states and U.S. territories in 2017, AIDS United was moved to act and help address the growing needs of agencies serving the HIV community. AIDS United has made funds available through this request for applications (RFA) to assist in meeting the […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report, Enhanced Surveillance for Coccidioidomycosis, 14 States, 2016, in the Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases showing that Coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as Valley fever, can cause severe illness in travelers to the southwestern U.S. where it is found. Valley fever causes flu-like symptom such as fever, […]
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