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Story from the Field: Rapid Response Team Deters Deliberate Food Poisoning
An employee first noticed that the orange chicken on the Hot Wok section of the supermarket food bar had some kind of milky white...
Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Gilead Sciences Donates $1 Million in Funding to Help HIV Organizations Impacted by...
The below content was originally published via a press release from AIDS United. A $1 million fund to help HIV organizations impacted...
Sep 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Baltimore Food System Resilience Advisory Report
The Baltimore Office of Sustainability (BoS) and the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) released a new report with...
Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang
Linking Data Systems for Faster Flu Responses in the County of San Diego
With another flu season come and gone, the summer season is a prime opportunity to make improvements and prepare for the next year’s...
Jul 24, 2017 | Sara Chang
Make Health a Summer Priority: How to Limit Exposure to Warm Weather’s Environmental...
By Anna Suarez, Communications Specialist, Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center After enduring months of snow, freezing...
Jul 17, 2017 | Guest Author
WHO: Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed
This was originally released by the National Coalition of STD Directors. According to a release today by the World Health...
Jul 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
FDA Resource: Foodborne Outbreak Response
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a new resource titled Quick Start Food Emergency Response Job Aids. The...
Apr 11, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
Improving Hand Hygiene through Visual Advertising – Campaign Outcomes and Next Steps
By Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Nearly three month have passed since...
Jan 13, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
NACCHO’s Recommendations to President-Elect Trump & 115th Congress
NACCHO has released our recommendations for the next President and the 115th Congress, which begins in January. In these...
Dec 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Story from the Field: Rapid Response Team Deters Deliberate Food PoisoningAn employee first noticed that the orange chicken on the Hot Wok section of the supermarket food bar had some kind of milky white liquid in it. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old boy had been hospitalized after eating at another self-serve food bar in the same shopping center. The South Lake Tahoe police rushed to the scene […] Sep 28, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Gilead Sciences Donates $1 Million in Funding to Help HIV Organizations Impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and IrmaThe below content was originally published via a press release from AIDS United. A $1 million fund to help HIV organizations impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma was announced today at the opening of the 21st annual U.S. Conference on AIDS in Washington, DC. The $1 million is being donated by Gilead Sciences. The announcement […] Sep 07, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Baltimore Food System Resilience Advisory ReportThe Baltimore Office of Sustainability (BoS) and the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) released a new report with recommended actions for Baltimore City to ensure the protection of food security during an emergency event. The report highlights the importance of integrating food system issues with disaster preparedness planning. The report’s recommendations will […] Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Linking Data Systems for Faster Flu Responses in the County of San DiegoWith another flu season come and gone, the summer season is a prime opportunity to make improvements and prepare for the next year’s response. As such, NACCHO staff took time to speak with Applied Public Health Informatics Fellow Robyn Matthews, MPH, to learn about her project to improve public health response to influenza by leveraging […] Jul 24, 2017 | Sara Chang |
Make Health a Summer Priority: How to Limit Exposure to Warm Weather’s Environmental RisksBy Anna Suarez, Communications Specialist, Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center After enduring months of snow, freezing temperatures, and decreased daylight, communities can breathe a collective sigh of relief as summer slides into sight once again. With the promise of warmth and sunlight, along with the allure of the long-awaited activities reserved for the summer months, few […] Jul 17, 2017 | Guest Author |
WHO: Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs neededThis was originally released by the National Coalition of STD Directors. According to a release today by the World Health Organization (WHO), cases of untreatable gonorrhea are rising around the globe. In the U.S., no untreatable cases have yet been detected. WHO’s warning comes on top of a proposed 17% funding cut next year by […] Jul 10, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
FDA Resource: Foodborne Outbreak ResponseThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a new resource titled Quick Start Food Emergency Response Job Aids. The resource is made up of three flow diagrams highlighting key general, epidemiological, and environmental tasks for consideration in the early stages of notification to promote an integrated response approach. By providing these diagrams as […] Apr 11, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Improving Hand Hygiene through Visual Advertising – Campaign Outcomes and Next StepsBy Kyle Foerst, M.S., Emergency Response Planner, Saint Louis County Department of Public Health Nearly three month have passed since the launch of Saint Louis County Department of Public Health’s (SLCDPH) “Dirty Hands can be Scary!” campaign (originally introduced in an earlier blog post). Part of a grant-funded project to increase hand hygiene awareness, this initiative places emphasis on... Jan 13, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
NACCHO’s Recommendations to President-Elect Trump & 115th CongressNACCHO has released our recommendations for the next President and the 115th Congress, which begins in January. In these recommendations, NACCHO highlights 4 overarching goals: Strengthen and modernize the governmental public health system, so that federal public health agencies and state and local governmental public health departments work effectively together, using the unique and... Dec 13, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
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