The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers...
Aug 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Illness Complaint Systems were developed to address a gap in the Second Edition of the CIFOR...
Aug 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The FDA, CDC, and state and local officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of cyclosporiasis illnesses likely linked to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study on “Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United...
Every August, NACCHO participates in observing National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) to highlight the importance of...
Aug 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Government agencies and the aquatics sector can use the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) to reduce risk for outbreaks, drowning, and...
Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published Progress in Vaccine-Preventable and Respiratory Infectious...
Jul 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
CDC released an MMWR report on Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water (e.g., in lakes, rivers and oceans). During...
Jul 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on June 29th that the multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked...
Jun 29, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in planning a series of PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings...
The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Illness Complaint Systems were developed to address a gap in the Second Edition of the CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response regarding the use of foodborne illness complaint systems to detect foodborne disease outbreaks, and are intended to be included for review and incorporation in the Third Edition of the CIFOR Guidelines for […]
The FDA, CDC, and state and local officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of cyclosporiasis illnesses likely linked to salads from McDonald’s restaurants As of August 2, 2018, a total of 395 laboratory-confirmed cases of Cyclospora infection were reported in people who consumed salads from McDonald’s restaurants; the cases were reported by 15 states. Learn […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study on “Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2015” in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (FDOSS) collects data on foodborne disease outbreaks, which are defined as the occurrence of two or more cases of a similar […]
Every August, NACCHO participates in observing National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) to highlight the importance of immunizations throughout the lifespan, particularly among school-aged children, pregnant women, babies and infants, pre-teens and teens, and adults. Local health departments (LHDs) play a vital role in increasing awareness about immunizations as a tool to protect communities...
Government agencies and the aquatics sector can use the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) to reduce risk for outbreaks, drowning, and pool-chemical injuries at public pools and hot tubs/spas at apartment complexes, hotels, and waterparks. This third edition of the MAHC has been updated in the areas of disinfection and water quality, lifeguarding and bather […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published Progress in Vaccine-Preventable and Respiratory Infectious Diseases—First 10 Years of the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), 2006–2015 to highlight progress that has resulted from the development of the NCIRD. Read the abstract below and check out the full article. The need for […]
CDC released an MMWR report on Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water (e.g., in lakes, rivers and oceans). During 2000–2014, public health officials from 35 states and Guam voluntarily reported 140 outbreaks resulting in at least 4,958 cases of disease and two deaths. Enteric pathogens caused a majority of the illnesses investigated (87%), including norovirus […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on June 29th that the multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce was over, but federal food safety agencies continue to investigate its cause. CDC laboratory testing recently identified the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 in canal water samples taken from the […]
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