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SASI Report: WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO END HIV
The Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI) just released WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO END HIV, a report summarizing the research related...
Jun 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO Food Truck Sharing Session Recording and Resources
NACCHO hosted an online sharing session on local regulatory issues dealing with mobile food units. The first presentation highlighted...
Jun 09, 2016 | Amy Chang
Aedes Aegypti and Local Vector Control: Mapping out a Plan for Zika Vector...
Summertime is approaching, which means mosquito season is upon us. As the weather gets warmer, we can expect to see an increase in the...
May 31, 2016 | Nyana Quashie
Spring Weather Preparedness: Storms, Floods—and Yes, Tornadoes
Until 1950, United States weathermen were forbidden from using the T-word: tornadoes. Yet, in the early 20th century, tornadoes were...
Mar 28, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier
Environmental Factors Cause One in Four Deaths Worldwide
A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) concludes that environmental factors like air, water, and soil pollution cause one...
Mar 25, 2016 | Katie Regan
New Study Links Air Pollution to Increased Risk of Obesity and Diabetes
Exposure to air pollution, even for just a month or two, may be enough to increase the risk of developing diabetes, especially for...
Mar 24, 2016 | Katie Regan
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
CDC Releases New National Estimates of Lifetime HIV Risk
The CDC released estimates that show if current HIV diagnoses rates persist, approximately 1 in 2 black gay and bisexual men and 1 in...
Feb 24, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas
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
SASI Report: WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO END HIVThe Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI) just released WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO END HIV, a report summarizing the research related to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization and barriers. The report makes recommendations for federal, state and pharmaceutical company policy makers to increase PrEP utilization. The benefits of PrEP to prevent HIV transmission are well established, but it... Jun 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
NACCHO Food Truck Sharing Session Recording and ResourcesNACCHO hosted an online sharing session on local regulatory issues dealing with mobile food units. The first presentation highlighted how local regulatory agencies in southern New Jersey addressed challenges with mobile food units by forming a regional mobile task force to standardize mobile food establishment processes and applications.The second presentation focused on challenges with local... Jun 09, 2016 | Amy Chang |
Aedes Aegypti and Local Vector Control: Mapping out a Plan for Zika Vector Surveillance and ControlSummertime is approaching, which means mosquito season is upon us. As the weather gets warmer, we can expect to see an increase in the population of one of the main mosquito species transmitting the Zika virus throughout the U.S—Aedes aegypti. To help understand the range and areas most likely to be impacted by Zika, NACCHO created several maps depicting the recorded distribution […] May 31, 2016 | Nyana Quashie |
Spring Weather Preparedness: Storms, Floods—and Yes, TornadoesUntil 1950, United States weathermen were forbidden from using the T-word: tornadoes. Yet, in the early 20th century, tornadoes were everywhere: ripping through southern and Midwest states, shouting in sky-high fonts from the front page of newspapers, and starring in harrowing newsreels. According to a recent piece in Atlas Obscura, there was one place, however, […] Mar 28, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier |
Environmental Factors Cause One in Four Deaths WorldwideA new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) concludes that environmental factors like air, water, and soil pollution cause one in four deaths worldwide. The report says that 12.6 million people died in 2012 as a result of pollution, chemical exposure, climate change, ultraviolet light, and other issues. Such environmental factors led people to […] Mar 25, 2016 | Katie Regan |
New Study Links Air Pollution to Increased Risk of Obesity and DiabetesExposure to air pollution, even for just a month or two, may be enough to increase the risk of developing diabetes, especially for obese people, says a new study from the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center at the University of California’s Keck School of Medicine. Researchers studied more than 1,000 people living in southern […] Mar 24, 2016 | Katie Regan |
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 |
CDC Releases New National Estimates of Lifetime HIV RiskThe CDC released estimates that show if current HIV diagnoses rates persist, approximately 1 in 2 black gay and bisexual men and 1 in 4 Latino gay and bisexual men in the United States will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime. CDC analyses presented at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in […] Feb 24, 2016 | Alyssa Kitlas |
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 |
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