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Climate Change’s Effect on Food Production Could Lead to Widespread Death Worldwide
Climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults worldwide in 2050 due to reduced crop productivity, according to a new study...
Mar 05, 2016 | Katie Regan
NACCHO Food Safety Leader’s List
Join the NACCHO Food Safety Leader’s List! As NACCHO Food Safety Leaders, you have the opportunity to provide input on...
Mar 02, 2016 | Amy Chang
Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network Webinar
Interested in the Model Aquatic Health Code? Join our introductory MAHC Network webinar on March 15, 2016 at 1:00-2:00PM EDT Register...
Mar 01, 2016 | Amy Chang
Flu Near You to Expand Symptom Set
Flu Near You is an online health reporting system that maps users with flu-like symptoms. In light of emerging health threats in the...
Mar 01, 2016 | Christina Baum
Supreme Court Places Stay on Clean Power Plan
On February 9, the United States Supreme Court granted a request filed by more than two dozen states to temporarily halt...
Feb 19, 2016 | Katie Regan
Internet Partner Services Toolkit Now Available
CDC released a toolkit for technology-based STD and HIV Partner Services (IPS) that serves as a general resource for health...
Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
New Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria Species Discovered
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic and health officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin,...
Feb 16, 2016 | Katie Regan
The State of Health Informatics Capacity and Needs of Local Health Departments
NACCHO, in collaboration with Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University and supported by the CDC,...
Feb 10, 2016 | Alyson Jordan
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What...
By Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection...
Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author
Climate Change’s Effect on Food Production Could Lead to Widespread Death WorldwideClimate change could kill more than 500,000 adults worldwide in 2050 due to reduced crop productivity, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The study is the first of its kind to assess the impact of climate change on diet composition and bodyweight, and to estimate the number of deaths each will cause. […] Mar 05, 2016 | Katie Regan |
NACCHO Food Safety Leader’s ListJoin the NACCHO Food Safety Leader’s List! As NACCHO Food Safety Leaders, you have the opportunity to provide input on NACCHO’s food safety positions and advocacy efforts that help to shape policy at local health departments across the nation. You will also receive pertinent updates on food safety news, outbreaks, policy updates, events, and calls […] Mar 02, 2016 | Amy Chang |
Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) Network WebinarInterested in the Model Aquatic Health Code? Join our introductory MAHC Network webinar on March 15, 2016 at 1:00-2:00PM EDT Register Here Please join us for the introductory webinar for the MAHC Network, a network to support a community of state and local MAHC users, subject matter experts, and those seeking implementation support. Bi-monthly webinars feature […] Mar 01, 2016 | Amy Chang |
Flu Near You to Expand Symptom SetFlu Near You is an online health reporting system that maps users with flu-like symptoms. In light of emerging health threats in the United States–including mosquito-borne diseases like the Zika virus–Flu Near You is adding additional symptoms for volunteers to report on. These symptoms include rash, eye pain, red eyes, joint pain, yellow skin/ eyes, and dark […] Mar 01, 2016 | Christina Baum |
Supreme Court Places Stay on Clean Power PlanOn February 9, the United States Supreme Court granted a request filed by more than two dozen states to temporarily halt implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Clean Power Plan. The court voted 5-4 to grant the request, thereby allowing states to stop their efforts toward meeting the new carbon emission regulations placed on […] Feb 19, 2016 | Katie Regan |
Internet Partner Services Toolkit Now AvailableCDC released a toolkit for technology-based STD and HIV Partner Services (IPS) that serves as a general resource for health departments, community-based organizations, and others authorized to provide HIV/STD partner services. It is designed for use with the Internet and other digital technologies such as mobile phones, computers, and social networking sites, to trace and […] Feb 17, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
New Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria Species DiscoveredThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic and health officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota, have reported a new species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease in humans. The new species, Borrelia mayonii, has been identified in blacklegged ticks in at least two counties in northwestern Wisconsin, though […] Feb 16, 2016 | Katie Regan |
The State of Health Informatics Capacity and Needs of Local Health DepartmentsNACCHO, in collaboration with Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University and supported by the CDC, conducted the 2015 Informatics Needs and Capacity of Local Health Departments survey to assess the informatics capacity, gaps, threats, and opportunities of 650 local health departments in the United States. See this infographic for a look […] Feb 10, 2016 | Alyson Jordan |
Technical Consultation on the Elimination of Perinatal Hepatitis B in the U.S.: What Local Health Departments Can DoBy Cynthia English, RN BSN, Communicable Disease Specialist, Saint Louis County (MO) Department of Public Health Hepatitis B infection in a pregnant woman poses a serious risk to her infant at birth. Without post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), approximately 40% of infants born to hepatitis B-infected mothers in the United States will develop chronic hepatitis B infection, approximately one-fourth... Feb 09, 2016 | Guest Author |
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