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Deadline Extended: National Environmental Public Health Internship Program
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has extended the deadline for the National Environmental Public Health Internship...
Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Report: Local Health Departments Prepare for the Health Impacts of Climate...
By: Anita Desikan, Former NACCHO Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, PhD, Senior Program Analyst at NACCHO The National Association of...
Oct 30, 2017 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith
Interim Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just published guidelines to support clinicians in diagnosing, evaluating, and...
Oct 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Report: Shifting Our Approach to Mosquito Control Capabilities in the U.S.
The State of Mosquito Control in the U.S. Mosquito-borne diseases are an ongoing public health concern in the United States, but there...
Oct 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?
The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity,...
Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain
CDC: Estimated Range Maps for Aedes aegypti and albopictus Mosquitoes
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released estimated range maps for Aedes aegypti and albopictus...
Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice highlights NACCHO Vector Control...
The September/October 2017 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice features an article highlighting NACCHO’s...
Aug 23, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Join CDC Thunderclap: World Mosquito Day 2017
To promote this year’s World Mosquito Day, occurring on Sunday, August 20, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Aug 15, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Funding Opportunity: Mosquito Surveillance and Control Research
The American Mosquito Control Association Research Fund is accepting funding proposals for research projects advancing mosquito...
Aug 15, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Deadline Extended: National Environmental Public Health Internship ProgramThe National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has extended the deadline for the National Environmental Public Health Internship Program (NEPHIP), which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Environmental Health Services Branch. Applications are now due on January 31st. Local, state, and tribal environmental health departments can apply to host... Nov 15, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NACCHO Report: Local Health Departments Prepare for the Health Impacts of Climate ChangeBy: Anita Desikan, Former NACCHO Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, PhD, Senior Program Analyst at NACCHO The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) develops and manages projects related to climate change through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The goal of these projects is to increase the knowledge of local […] Oct 30, 2017 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith |
Interim Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with Possible Congenital Zika Virus InfectionThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just published guidelines to support clinicians in diagnosing, evaluating, and managing infants with possible congenital Zika virus. The revised guidance updates recommendations for the diagnosis, evaluation, and follow-up of infants in three main groups: infants with birth defects consistent with congenital Zika syndrome born to mothers with... Oct 20, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
NACCHO Report: Shifting Our Approach to Mosquito Control Capabilities in the U.S.The State of Mosquito Control in the U.S. Mosquito-borne diseases are an ongoing public health concern in the United States, but there seems to be a cyclical pattern when it comes to prioritizing mosquito control capabilities. First, a newly-emerging or re-emerging mosquito-borne disease outbreak triggers a pandemic or epidemic response in which municipalities, states, and […] Oct 16, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
World Food Day 2017: How Will Climate Change Influence Food Security and Migration?The local and global food system is an underlying and essential public health foundation that plays a role in nutrition, obesity, environmental and occupational health, and more. Regardless of how well-established agriculture is within the United States, climate change poses a serious threat to food systems and the people who rely on them. Unusual rain […] Oct 16, 2017 | Grace McClain |
CDC: Estimated Range Maps for Aedes aegypti and albopictus MosquitoesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released estimated range maps for Aedes aegypti and albopictus mosquitoes by using a model that predicts possible geographic ranges for these mosquitoes in the contiguous United States. The new maps show CDC’s best estimate of the potential ranges of aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes in the contiguous […] Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice highlights NACCHO Vector Control AssessmentThe September/October 2017 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice features an article highlighting NACCHO’s recent vector control assessment. Titled, “Examining Mosquito Surveillance and Control Capacity in the Top 10 Areas at Risk for Zika Virus Exposure in the United States,” the article is included in the standing column “News from NACCHO.” […] Aug 23, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Join CDC Thunderclap: World Mosquito Day 2017To promote this year’s World Mosquito Day, occurring on Sunday, August 20, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is hosting a social media Thunderclap at 10 am ET on Sunday. Thunderclap helps amplify social media messages by connecting partners and friends to share the same message at the same time through Facebook, Twitter, […] Aug 15, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Funding Opportunity: Mosquito Surveillance and Control ResearchThe American Mosquito Control Association Research Fund is accepting funding proposals for research projects advancing mosquito surveillance and control. Proposals can be submitted from staff at local and state mosquito abatement programs, public and private universities and other qualified research institutions. Small projects are particularly encouraged, but an upper limit of $55,000 on any... Aug 15, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
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