The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “Baseline Information on Malevolent Acts for Community Water Systems” as required...
Aug 06, 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
After a disaster, such as a hurricane, wildfire, or earthquake, septic systems may be damaged and fail to operate correctly. Ensuring...
Jul 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) has posted a Notice of Funding...
Jul 19, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
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 2019 “Planning for Natural Disaster Debris” guidance is an update to the version that EPA published in March 2008. It is designed...
May 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
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
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the final report for the One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization...
May 10, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “Baseline Information on Malevolent Acts for Community Water Systems” as required by America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA). The document provides Community Water Systems (CWS) with information that will assist them in assessing risk and in the development of their risk assessments. Water systems, like other utilities, can face an array...
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 […]
After a disaster, such as a hurricane, wildfire, or earthquake, septic systems may be damaged and fail to operate correctly. Ensuring that these systems function properly is essential to providing safe waste disposal for millions of Americans, yet there may be no standard safety protocol in place for using septic systems after a disaster occurs. […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office (CWMD) has posted a Notice of Funding Opportunity (DHS-19-CWMD-077-001) for the First Responder Vaccine Initiative (FRVI) Pilot. The FRVI Pilot will provide the opportunity for selected State and Local jurisdictions to administer voluntary pre-event anthrax vaccine to first responders and evaluate the...
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 2019 “Planning for Natural Disaster Debris” guidance is an update to the version that EPA published in March 2008. It is designed to help all communities (including cities, counties, territories, tribes, etc.) create disaster debris management plans, which EPA strongly encourages. The Planning for Natural Disaster Debris guidance assists communities in planning for natural […]
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 […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the final report for the One Health Zoonotic Disease Prioritization Workshop for the United States. Workshop participants from several federal agencies identified and voted on a list of priority zoonotic diseases to be jointly addressed by human, animal, and environmental health sectors in relevant U.S. federal […]
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