The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Planning for Equity Policy Guide from the American Planning Association provides specific, actionable policy guidance through an...
Jun 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Adoption of the FDA Food Code by state and territorial authorities with responsibility for regulating foodservice and retail food...
Jun 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
As issues with drug resistant pathogens have emerged across the country, local health departments (LHDs) have been called on to lead...
Jun 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
CDC’s MMWR and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity. The goal of this activity is to describe...
Jun 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In partnership with several Northwest tribes, parents, youth, and healthcare providers, the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health...
Jun 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
1 in 4 people living with HIV will become infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) during their lifetime. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the release of Decoding the Food Code: Information to Assist the User, an online based...
Jun 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The American Lung Association (ALA) released two new fact sheets about how drought, wildfires, heat, flooding, pollution, and other...
Chembio is offering free HIV Rapid tests to any public health department, community-based organizations (CBOs), or organizations that...
Jun 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Planning for Equity Policy Guide from the American Planning Association provides specific, actionable policy guidance through an equity lens on crossing-cutting topics and areas of planning. Learn more.
Adoption of the FDA Food Code by state and territorial authorities with responsibility for regulating foodservice and retail food stores has been a goal of the FDA since the inception of the FDA Retail Food Safety Initiative. Adoption of the Food Code represents a successful federal/state partnership for improving food safety. The Food Code establishes […]
As issues with drug resistant pathogens have emerged across the country, local health departments (LHDs) have been called on to lead and support the containment of novel or targeted multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). To explore this role, NACCHO hosted a webinar to share the experiences of three LHDs who have been affected by containment events. Learning […]
CDC’s MMWR and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity. The goal of this activity is to describe a wound botulism outbreak in California during 2017–2018 among persons who use black tar heroin. A CDC analysis of 2017–2018 data reported in MMWR is the basis of the activity. This CE […]
In partnership with several Northwest tribes, parents, youth, and healthcare providers, the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board is pleased to announce the “Celebrating Our Magic” toolkit, a culturally-specific resource for American Indian & Alaska Native communities that aims to provide resources for LBGTQ and Two-Spirit youth, their relatives, and their healthcare providers. Check...
1 in 4 people living with HIV will become infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) during their lifetime. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has a major role to play in helping to eliminate HCV among people living with HIV, which is explored in the new issue brief, Eliminating Hepatitis C among People Living with HIV […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the release of Decoding the Food Code: Information to Assist the User, an online based training module developed to engage and educate stakeholders on the foundational policy principles of the Food Code. The FDA publishes the Food Code, a model that assists food control jurisdictions at all levels […]
The American Lung Association (ALA) released two new fact sheets about how drought, wildfires, heat, flooding, pollution, and other effects of climate change are threatening lung health. The first covers what you need to know about the health risks of climate change for people with lung disease. The second has tips for people with lung […]
Chembio is offering free HIV Rapid tests to any public health department, community-based organizations (CBOs), or organizations that want to conduct free HIV testing camps on the occasion of the National HIV Testing Day. Visit the Chembio website to learn how to get free tests for an event.
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