The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The CDC issued a health advisory on October 5th to alert public health departments and healthcare providers to the possibility of new...
Oct 07, 2020 | Julia Zigman
Join NASTAD and The AIDS Institute on October 22nd for the first ever Hepatitis Virtual Collaborative!
Sep 30, 2020 | Shalesha Majors
In the present moment, and mere days before World Environmental Health Day on September 26, the intersection between climate change...
Sep 22, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo
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The CDC recently released Viral Hepatitis Surveillance – United States, 2018, its annual report analyzing viral hepatitis trends in...
Aug 04, 2020 | Kat Kelley
Health departments across the country are limiting or shuttering services due to the COVID-19 outbreak. NACCHO spoke with members of...
May 04, 2020 | Andrea Grenadier
This new MMWR discusses an HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs in Cabell County, WV, and highlights the West Virginia Bureau...
Apr 29, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
By Dr. Peter Jiang, Entomologist, Gainesville Mosquito Control Gainesville, FL is known as “The Swamp” not only because of...
Feb 25, 2020 | Guest Author
By John Townsend, Vector Control Division Manager and James Will, Vector Control Managing Supervisor, Maricopa County Environmental...
Feb 12, 2020 | Guest Author
The CDC issued a health advisory on October 5th to alert public health departments and healthcare providers to the possibility of new injection-related HIV infections and outbreaks.
In the present moment, and mere days before World Environmental Health Day on September 26, the intersection between climate change and preparedness is, sadly, quite clear. Scientists have warned for years that climate change could and would worsen weather-related events. Today, we see stark examples unfolding across the United States as the nation recognizes National Preparedness Month this...
The CDC recently released Viral Hepatitis Surveillance – United States, 2018, its annual report analyzing viral hepatitis trends in the U.S. The report highlights dramatic increases in HAV, associated with widespread person-to-person outbreaks across the country, and HCV, primarily attributable to injection drug use.
Health departments across the country are limiting or shuttering services due to the COVID-19 outbreak. NACCHO spoke with members of its Vector Control Collaborative and Vector Control Workgroup about the impact of COVID-19 on their ability to conduct activities that combat mosquito- and tick-borne diseases.
This new MMWR discusses an HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs in Cabell County, WV, and highlights the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health's efforts to address the issue by conducting HIV screening and testing events targeting people who inject drugs, scaling up HIV partner services, increasing linkage to HIV and HCV care, and expanding the availability of PrEP services.
By Dr. Peter Jiang, Entomologist, Gainesville Mosquito Control Gainesville, FL is known as “The Swamp” not only because of the University of Florida, but also because of its swampy areas in the city that breed mosquitoes year-round. Gainesville Mosquito Control (GMC) covers 65 square miles, and a substantial increase in several mosquito species since 2017 […]
By John Townsend, Vector Control Division Manager and James Will, Vector Control Managing Supervisor, Maricopa County Environmental Services Maricopa County Environmental Services Vector Control Division (MCESVCD) in Arizona conducts year‐round surveillance, abatement and disease testing of mosquitoes. Through NACCHO’s Vector Control Collaborative, we had the opportunity to become a mentor...
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