The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
On December 1 the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on recommendations as to who should be first to...
Dec 04, 2020 | Lynda Neal
As part of the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO’s) work to support and serve 3,000 local health...
Oct 15, 2020 | Anu Varma
In the present moment, and mere days before World Environmental Health Day on September 26, the intersection between climate change...
Sep 22, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo
The Innovative Ways to Destroy PFAS Challenge is a partnership between federal and states agencies seeking detailed plans for...
Aug 25, 2020
October is Healthy Lung Month and a good time to think about ways NACCHO members and their partners can protect the health of the...
Oct 22, 2019 | Guest Author
In response to three significant foodborne illness outbreaks that affected the City’s Latino and Somali communities in 2013, MEH...
Sep 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Communities demand action and answers...
Aug 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a white paper on climate change health effects: Heat, Fire, Water: How Climate Change...
Aug 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two new fact sheets about protecting animals from the health impacts of wildland...
Aug 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On December 1 the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on recommendations as to who should be first to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
As part of the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO’s) work to support and serve 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) in the United States, NACCHO will be releasing a bi-weekly blog consisting of an up-to-date collection of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resources for our members working at the intersection of environmental health and COVID-19.
In the present moment, and mere days before World Environmental Health Day on September 26, the intersection between climate change and preparedness is, sadly, quite clear. Scientists have warned for years that climate change could and would worsen weather-related events. Today, we see stark examples unfolding across the United States as the nation recognizes National Preparedness Month this...
The Innovative Ways to Destroy PFAS Challenge is a partnership between federal and states agencies seeking detailed plans for non-thermal technologies to destroy PFAS in concentrated aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), a type of firefighting foam.
October is Healthy Lung Month and a good time to think about ways NACCHO members and their partners can protect the health of the public from the impacts of wildfire smoke.
In response to three significant foodborne illness outbreaks that affected the City’s Latino and Somali communities in 2013, MEH developed Somali language Certified Food Protection Manager Training (CFPM) and a Latino Food Service Worker training.
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Communities demand action and answers when their drinking water contains the potentially harmful, man-made chemicals per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Although use of some of these chemicals has declined, increased water sampling over the past 10 years has revealed PFAS in numerous water...
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a white paper on climate change health effects: Heat, Fire, Water: How Climate Change Has Created a Public Health Emergency. Dr. Lockwood has drawn on the content of the three major climate reports published in fall 2018 – the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, the IPCC special report […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released two new fact sheets about protecting animals from the health impacts of wildland fire smoke: Protect Your Pets from Wildfire Smoke Protect Your Large Animals and Livestock from Wildfire Smoke The fact sheets include tips for preparing before a wildfire and taking action to protect animals during smoke episodes. […]
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