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From December 1-7, 2019, we observe National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) to remind people six months and older that it’s not too...
Oct 24, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. officially eliminated measles nearly 20 years ago. Yet, this year, more than 1,100 cases have been reported, despite being...
NACCHO held a webinar on Oct. 8, 2019 focused on the process for updating the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC). Every three years,...
Oct 09, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The theme for this year’s World Environmental Health Day, celebrated on Sept. 26, calls for unified action among the global...
Sep 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
This new guide from the World Health Organization (WHO) presents an overview of actions that can be taken by various actors – and the...
Sep 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Communities demand action and answers...
Aug 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
How do you successfully communicate scientific evidence to improve public health? Developed by the National Cancer Institute’s...
Aug 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a white paper on climate change health effects: Heat, Fire, Water: How Climate Change...
Aug 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
International Overdose Awareness Day, held on August 31 every year, is an opportunity to do more to prevent overdose and promote...
Aug 20, 2019 | Andrea Grenadier
From December 1-7, 2019, we observe National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) to remind people six months and older that it’s not too late to get a flu vaccine. To help promote this important information in your communities, check out the below resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The U.S. officially eliminated measles nearly 20 years ago. Yet, this year, more than 1,100 cases have been reported, despite being preventable by vaccine. The CDC says the majority of cases are among those who were not vaccinated.
NACCHO held a webinar on Oct. 8, 2019 focused on the process for updating the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC). Every three years, everyone across the country and around the world has an opportunity to participate in the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code (CMAHC) process to update the MAHC by submitting recommendations for improvements.
The theme for this year’s World Environmental Health Day, celebrated on Sept. 26, calls for unified action among the global environmental health community to tackle climate change.
This new guide from the World Health Organization (WHO) presents an overview of actions that can be taken by various actors – and the support that is being offered by WHO – to create healthier environments, including in priority settings such as workplaces, cities, dwellings, health care facilities, and emergency settings.
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Communities demand action and answers when their drinking water contains the potentially harmful, man-made chemicals per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Although use of some of these chemicals has declined, increased water sampling over the past 10 years has revealed PFAS in numerous water...
How do you successfully communicate scientific evidence to improve public health? Developed by the National Cancer Institute’s Office of Communications and Education, Making Data Talk: A Workbook provides key information, practical suggestions, and examples on how to effectively communicate health-related scientific data to the public, policy makers, and the media. The content presented in...
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a white paper on climate change health effects: Heat, Fire, Water: How Climate Change Has Created a Public Health Emergency. Dr. Lockwood has drawn on the content of the three major climate reports published in fall 2018 – the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, the IPCC special report […]
International Overdose Awareness Day, held on August 31 every year, is an opportunity to do more to prevent overdose and promote recovery. Events and activities around the world stimulate conversations to raise awareness of overdose and reduce stigma associated with drug-related deaths. In the U.S., the drug overdose epidemic continues to expand, with national provisional drug counts reporting...
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A Model Aquatic Health Code Network webinar featuring Columbus Public Health.
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PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
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NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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