The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Journal of Medical Entomology recently published a collection of articles from experts in public health, veterinary medicine,...
Nov 05, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. officially eliminated measles nearly 20 years ago. Yet, this year, more than 1,100 cases have been reported, despite being...
Oct 24, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University is pleased to announce the call for applications for...
Sep 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is now accepting submissions for abstracts to present at its fourth virtual...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Building on the work of ROCChe (Research on Care Community Health Equity), the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) founded...
Jun 12, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
For the last several months, NACCHO has featured the progress that communities across the country have made in retail food protection...
Jun 07, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The year of 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history,...
May 13, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On December 11, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the United Kingdom Science and Innovation...
Dec 11, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
In 2016, in response to the ongoing lead water crisis, the Genesee County Board of Health in Michigan proposed a Health Equity in All...
Oct 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Journal of Medical Entomology recently published a collection of articles from experts in public health, veterinary medicine, entomology, ecology, and mosquito management that synthesize research and progress made in the last 20 years on West Nile virus in the US. The collection includes Forum papers discussing the impact and epidemiology of the virus in […]
The U.S. officially eliminated measles nearly 20 years ago. Yet, this year, more than 1,100 cases have been reported, despite being preventable by vaccine. The CDC says the majority of cases are among those who were not vaccinated.
The Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University is pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2020-2021 year. At the Harvard Medical School, Boston, applications are now being accepted for a one-year, degree-granting, full-time fellowship beginning July 2020.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is now accepting submissions for abstracts to present at its fourth virtual conference, P.E.S.T. – Pest-Control through Environmentally Sustainable Treatments. Submit an abstract to present and take advantage of a unique opportunity to help advance and engage with environmental health and pest management professionals in an exciting virtual...
Building on the work of ROCChe (Research on Care Community Health Equity), the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) founded the Collaborative for Health Equity: Act, Research, Generate Evidence (CHARGE), a forum for investigators, clinicians, and community partners to work together on research that minimizes disparities in health and health care. AAMC CHARGE participants jointly...
For the last several months, NACCHO has featured the progress that communities across the country have made in retail food protection through a blog series on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards). The Retail Program Standards are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance […]
The year of 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic, one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history, which took the lives of more than 50 million people. While there have been advances in mitigating the threat of pandemics since then, recent epidemics shed light on the major gaps in human […]
On December 11, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the United Kingdom Science and Innovation Network and the Wellcome Trust, released Initiatives for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment. The corresponding reports—an Executive Summary and a technical white paper—highlight data identifying the potential for the environment (e.g., soil and...
In 2016, in response to the ongoing lead water crisis, the Genesee County Board of Health in Michigan proposed a Health Equity in All Policies (HEiAP) Resolution to address inequitable health outcomes. Taking steps to implement the resolution, the Genesee County Health Department (GCHD) worked with community groups to offer trainings and host public health conferences […]
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