The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The opioid epidemic has increased the number of people who inject drugs in the US, and thereby substantially increased the risk of...
Apr 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
With the spring season finally here, people around the country are planning festive gatherings with friends and family! Many spring...
Apr 02, 2018 | Alex Fraser
As a continuation of the trainings and education provided at the 2018 Vector Control Summit, NACCHO is now offering technical...
Mar 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On January 23, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notified the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about a...
Mar 28, 2018 | Alex Fraser
A fatal Listeria outbreak in Australia has a case fatality rate as high as 28%. As of March 19, 2018, 19 confirmed cases have been...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) newest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report includes the latest...
Mar 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Tennessee Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence’s fourth course on outbreak investigation and response is now...
Mar 23, 2018 | Alex Fraser
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) NEARS program captures environmental assessment data including...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) published...
Mar 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The opioid epidemic has increased the number of people who inject drugs in the US, and thereby substantially increased the risk of transmission of blood-borne viruses, including HIV, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus through use of shared equipment. Advanced planning can facilitate an effective coordinated response for communities faced with the possibility of […]
With the spring season finally here, people around the country are planning festive gatherings with friends and family! Many spring celebrations include perishable foods such as eggs, ham, beef, and poultry, which may contribute to the transmission of foodborne illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Foodsafety.gov provide a variety of educational materials […]
As a continuation of the trainings and education provided at the 2018 Vector Control Summit, NACCHO is now offering technical assistance in the field of Vector Control. This project is a part of ongoing efforts to provide practical guidance to local health departments on building competency in mosquito control and surveillance. In the wake of […]
On January 23, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notified the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about a cluster of 13 cases of Salmonella Typhimurium found in 8 states. After careful investigation by the FDA, these cases have been linked with consumption of dried coconut. The FDA confirmed the outbreak of Salmonella matches […]
A fatal Listeria outbreak in Australia has a case fatality rate as high as 28%. As of March 19, 2018, 19 confirmed cases have been reported in Australia alone, all of which are linked with the consumption of rock melon, or cantaloupe.The likely source is The Rombola Family Farm in the Riverina area, which has […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) newest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report includes the latest data from the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), summarizing preliminary 2017 data on nine pathogens spread commonly through food. Read the report. Here are some key takeaways from the report: The overall number of Campylobacter, Listeria,...
The Tennessee Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence’s fourth course on outbreak investigation and response is now available online. The “Environmental Health Investigations” course will provide training on environmental health assessments and various activities used during outbreak investigations. Topics Include: Food sampling and shipping Product tracing Control measures...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) NEARS program captures environmental assessment data including information on key factors that contribute to foodborne illness outbreaks. The data reporting system can benefit food safety programs within local health departments, as well as help to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks. The CDC explains the NEARS program and its...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) published a brochure to highlight some of the work NCEZID and their partners carried out in 2017. The brochure features stories on a range of topics, including combating antibiotic resistance (p. 4-5), responding to vector-borne diseases (p. 6-7), […]
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