Eastern Panhandle HPV Prevention Project Represented at the West Virginia HPV Summit

By Dr. Diana Gaviria, Health Officer, and Christina Jackson, Health Promotions Coordinator, Berkeley County (WV) Health Department  On...

Mar 16, 2016 | Guest Author

  • Senate Confirms New FDA Commissioner

    The United States Senate voted at the end of February to confirm Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug...

    Mar 08, 2016 | Katie Regan

  • World Cancer Day 2016: We can, I can; What can local health departments do?

    The theme for World Cancer Day 2016 is “We can, I can.” Join NACCHO on February 4 in efforts to unite the world’s population in the...

    Feb 03, 2016 | Guest Author

  • Local Health Departments Share How NACCHO’s HPV Award Will Impact Their Communities

    NACCHO announced on December 11 that ten local health departments received funding to host an action planning meeting with...

    Jan 06, 2016 | Alyson Jordan

  • NACCHO Launches Fracking Project with Associated Webpage and Resources

    By Nick Oschman, former NACCHO Environmental Health Intern NACCHO has launched a new webpage to support its project on hydraulic...

    Nov 23, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Big Cities Health Coalition Releases Big Cities Health Inventory

    On November 18, the Big Cities Health Coalition, an independent initiative of NACCHO, released an interactive data platform and report...

    Nov 19, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

  • Free Online HPV Vaccine CEU Course

    Cardea Services is offering a free, hour-long continuing education course for recommending the HPV vaccine to adolescents and their...

    Oct 19, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

  • EPA Sets Limits for Toxic Pollutants Released into Waterways

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week imposed new standards for mercury, arsenic, lead, and other toxic pollutants...

    Oct 02, 2015 | Katie Regan

  • National Immunization Survey-Teen Shows Lagging HPV Vaccination Rates

    On July 30, CDC released the results of the National Immunization Survey—Teen module, providing important information about the state...

    Aug 26, 2015 | Kate Heyer

  • Eastern Panhandle HPV Prevention Project Represented at the West Virginia HPV Summit

    By Dr. Diana Gaviria, Health Officer, and Christina Jackson, Health Promotions Coordinator, Berkeley County (WV) Health Department  On December 8, 2015, Diana Gaviria and Christina Jackson represented the Eastern Panhandle HPV Prevention Project at the West Virginia HPV Summit in Charleston. The summit, presented by the West Virginia Immunization Network, brought together stakeholders from around...

    Mar 16, 2016 | Guest Author

    Senate Confirms New FDA Commissioner

    The United States Senate voted at the end of February to confirm Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Califf, a cardiologist and academic researcher, received overwhelming support from an often divided Senate; the vote was 89 to 4. Califf, who was nominated by President Obama in September 2015 […]

    Mar 08, 2016 | Katie Regan

    World Cancer Day 2016: We can, I can; What can local health departments do?

    The theme for World Cancer Day 2016 is “We can, I can.” Join NACCHO on February 4 in efforts to unite the world’s population in the fight against cancer. Currently, 8.2 million people die from cancer worldwide every year. In the United States, there was an estimated 1,658,370 new cancer cases diagnosed and 589,430 cancer […]

    Feb 03, 2016 | Guest Author

    Local Health Departments Share How NACCHO’s HPV Award Will Impact Their Communities

    NACCHO announced on December 11 that ten local health departments received funding to host an action planning meeting with stakeholders to determine strategies to address local HPV vaccination rates. In addition, NACCHO extended additional funding to its first cohort of health departments, selected in 2014, to support the implementation of their HPV action plans. Local […]

    Jan 06, 2016 | Alyson Jordan

    NACCHO Launches Fracking Project with Associated Webpage and Resources

    By Nick Oschman, former NACCHO Environmental Health Intern NACCHO has launched a new webpage to support its project on hydraulic fracturing—colloquially called fracking—and provide local health departments with the tools, resources, and education they need to protect the health of their communities. Resources will focus on the role local health departments play in fracking education, legislation,...

    Nov 23, 2015 | Guest Author

    Big Cities Health Coalition Releases Big Cities Health Inventory

    On November 18, the Big Cities Health Coalition, an independent initiative of NACCHO, released an interactive data platform and report that examines data for 26 cities across 34 health indicators. The data set is the first of its kind to be compiled in an open access format to provide a broad, comparable view of city […]

    Nov 19, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

    Free Online HPV Vaccine CEU Course

    Cardea Services is offering a free, hour-long continuing education course for recommending the HPV vaccine to adolescents and their parents entitled, “You are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention.” The course helps providers frame the HPV vaccine conversation, encourages providers to make a strong vaccination recommendation, and offers responses to parents’ most common questions. Designed...

    Oct 19, 2015 | Alyson Jordan

    EPA Sets Limits for Toxic Pollutants Released into Waterways

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week imposed new standards for mercury, arsenic, lead, and other toxic pollutants discharged into the nation’s rivers and streams from electric power plants. These are the first national limits on pollutants from coal-fired steam electricity plants. The new rule is estimated to remove 1.4 billion pounds per year of […]

    Oct 02, 2015 | Katie Regan

    National Immunization Survey-Teen Shows Lagging HPV Vaccination Rates

    On July 30, CDC released the results of the National Immunization Survey—Teen module, providing important information about the state of adolescent immunization coverage in the United States. The survey, conducted via phone with additional follow up with providers to confirm individuals’ immunization history, showed that progress has been made in increasing coverage for all three […]

    Aug 26, 2015 | Kate Heyer

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