The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the public’s health, and local health departments (LHDs) have become increasingly...
Nov 18, 2019 | Christina Baum
By Victoria O’Halloran, Former NACCHO Intern Local health departments are at the forefront of preparing for and responding to public...
Nov 06, 2019 | Guest Author
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued revised food safety standards for state regulatory programs that oversee food...
Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
CDC’s Climate and Health Program is celebrating 10 years of supporting state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies as...
Oct 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In January 2019, NACCHO awarded the Boston Public Health Commission and Marquette County Health Department (MI) each with $15,000...
Aug 08, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
For the last several months, NACCHO has hosted a monthly Health in All Policies (HiAP) webinar series for local health departments....
Jul 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening...
Jun 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Since 2017, multiple states have been engaged in outbreak responses as a result of increased cases of Hepatitis A. In a June 2018...
May 31, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The year of 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history,...
May 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the public’s health, and local health departments (LHDs) have become increasingly involved to ensure their communities are prepared.
By Victoria O’Halloran, Former NACCHO Intern Local health departments are at the forefront of preparing for and responding to public health emergencies. When these events occur, local health departments work alongside local and national partners to ensure the health and safety of their communities.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued revised food safety standards for state regulatory programs that oversee food facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods. These regulatory program standards, known as the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS), were first issued by the agency in May 2007 and are updated every three years. […]
CDC’s Climate and Health Program is celebrating 10 years of supporting state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies as they prepare for the continuing health impacts of a changing climate. In 2019 the program provided communities with new resources, tools, and peer-reviewed publications addressing the impacts of climate hazards.
In January 2019, NACCHO awarded the Boston Public Health Commission and Marquette County Health Department (MI) each with $15,000 grants to use in climate and health projects over six month. NACCHO hosted a webinar on July 31, 2019 to provide an overview of the two grant projects, which focused on extreme temperatures for Boston and […]
For the last several months, NACCHO has hosted a monthly Health in All Policies (HiAP) webinar series for local health departments. The goal of the webinar series was to provide an open, informal space for dialogue and peer-to-peer sharing about challenges and best practices. The final webinar, focused on using a HiAP approach for lead […]
The de Beaumont Foundation created 40 Under 40 in Public Health to recognize leaders whose creativity and innovation are strengthening communities across the country. Of the 40 honorees, 14 work for local health departments, with two focusing on environmental health: Jessica Gehle of Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (WA) and Jacqualyn (Jackie) Littlepage of Lake County […]
Since 2017, multiple states have been engaged in outbreak responses as a result of increased cases of Hepatitis A. In a June 2018 Health Alert Advisory, the Centers for Disease Control stated that of the more than 1,900 reports for which risk factors are known, more than 1,300 (68%) of the infected persons report drug […]
The year of 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history, which took the lives of more than 50 million people. While there have been advances in mitigating the threat of pandemics since then, recent epidemics shed light on the major gaps in human […]
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