The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Wednesday, September 12 to...
Sep 13, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health...
Sep 12, 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
The third most populous county in the United States, Harris County (TX) works day and night to protect its 4.7 million residents from...
Sep 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Vital Signs monthly report covers important health threats and details what...
Aug 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Nathan Nieto’s lab at Northern Arizona University conducted a tick study in 2016 using citizen science participation to collect...
Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude...
Jul 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Many NACCHO Annual participants took advantage of opportunities to tour the historic French Quarter and learn about the rich culture...
Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has posted two new policy statements that were approved by its board of directors...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Wednesday, September 12 to coordinate 24/7 all CDC activities for public health needs before, during, and after Hurricane Florence, including the deployment of resources and personnel, as requested. CDC staff expects to offer specific assistance that includes recommendations for: General and...
By the Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section Local health department professionals are uniquely aware of the health issues and risks affecting their towns and cities. Some counties have a disproportionate number of homes with lead paint, and others have increasing asthma prevalence rates among children. Children are especially...
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 […]
The third most populous county in the United States, Harris County (TX) works day and night to protect its 4.7 million residents from vector-borne disease by integrating surveillance, control, education, research, and technology. Harris County Public Health Mosquito & Vector Control Division wrote an issue brief for NACCHO describing their comprehensive approach to vector-borne disease...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Vital Signs monthly report covers important health threats and details what can be done to drive down these diseases. The August 2018 issue, released on August 7th, is the largest report to-date on longer-term outcomes related to Zika virus in U.S. babies, and it highlights the importance of monitoring […]
Nathan Nieto’s lab at Northern Arizona University conducted a tick study in 2016 using citizen science participation to collect 16,080 ticks from 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. After receiving the ticks, the research team identified them and tested them for four tick-born pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. A goal of […]
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude that affects the health of all Americans. Climate change deteriorates the health of the public by exacerbating extreme weather events and altering natural ecosystems, which affects food sources and the migration of vector-borne diseases. The implications […]
Many NACCHO Annual participants took advantage of opportunities to tour the historic French Quarter and learn about the rich culture of this renowned New Orleans neighborhood. Only one tour focused exclusively on the pests, termites, and rodents roaming the streets and infiltrating buildings. The City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTCB) […]
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has posted two new policy statements that were approved by its board of directors at the 2018 NEHA Annual Education Conference in June. You can also find additional policy statements in food, cannabis, water, vector control, and climate change. The new policy statements cover ear piercing guns and microblading. […]
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