The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a new...
Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a fact sheet on how climate worsens extreme weather. As ocean and air temperatures rise,...
Oct 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
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
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a white paper on climate change health effects: Heat, Fire, Water: How Climate Change...
Aug 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A new video from the Natural Resources Defense Council shares the stories of a heat educator and a pediatrician in North Carolina who...
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
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “Baseline Information on Malevolent Acts for Community Water Systems” as required...
Aug 06, 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
The United States is facing a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades. A new report from the Union...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a new online course, Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients’ Heath, with continuing education credit provided by the CDC. The free course includes sections on: Health effects Lifestages and populations at greater risk of experiencing health effects Air […]
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a fact sheet on how climate worsens extreme weather. As ocean and air temperatures rise, the delicate balance of climate, weather events and life is disrupted. Human health suffers as a result.
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.
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 […]
A new video from the Natural Resources Defense Council shares the stories of a heat educator and a pediatrician in North Carolina who have been dealing with the health impacts of increasingly extreme heat. It also briefly zooms out to a broader national context, including the threat of heat to workers. Watch the video.
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 […]
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...
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. […]
The United States is facing a potentially staggering expansion of dangerous heat over the coming decades. A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows the rapid, widespread increases in extreme heat that are projected to occur across the country due to climate change, including conditions so extreme that a heat index cannot be […]
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