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Travel Scholarships: 2017 Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response & Management...

NACCHO has several travel scholarships for food safety leaders to attend the Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management...

Aug 23, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic...

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to...

    Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang

    • Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet 2019 Regional Meetings

    Two Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings will be held in 2019: West Coast: February 5-7, 2019 in San Diego, CA Central: March 6-8, 2019 in Omaha, NE The meetings will bring together laboratorians, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response. Issues discussed will include surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric...

    Nov 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Environmental Health Travel Scholarships Available for Food Safety Meeting

    Attend the 2019 Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet East Coast Regional Meeting to be held on January 15-17, 2019 in Tampa, FL.  This meeting will bring together laboratorians, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response. Issues discussed will include surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric diseases. Combined and...

    Oct 16, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection

    Seeking Food Safety Professionals for PulseNet/OutbreakNet Meetings Planning Committees

    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...

    Aug 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Water Quality

    CDC Report on Outbreaks Associated with Untreated Recreational Water

    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 […]

    Jul 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis, Opportunity, Workforce Development

    Job Posting: Director of Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) in NCHHSTP at CDC

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is actively recruiting for a Director of its Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) in the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB (NCHHSTP) and welcomes your assistance in candidate recruitment (the announcement is attached for your information). Please share this job posting with your networks. […]

    Apr 26, 2018 | Kim Rodgers

    Hazards & Health Effects, Infection, Prevention, and Control, Infectious Disease

    Environmental Health Program Performance and Its Relationship with Environment-Related Disease in Florida

    Read about how environmental health programs in Florida improved their delivery of the 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services (EEPHS) and how this contributed to better overall health outcomes in their communities. The study used a unique approach to examine Florida county health department environmental health (EH) program performance of the EEPHS and its relationship with […]

    Apr 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Emergency Response, Food Safety & Inspection, Water Quality

    National Outbreak Reporting System Dashboard

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched NORS Dashboard, an online data tool with public access to nearly 20 years of information on foodborne, waterborne, and other enteric (intestinal) disease outbreaks. Information in the NORS Dashboard comes from the National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS). Users can search outbreak data, display information on interactive […]

    Mar 14, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Travel Scholarships: 2017 Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response & Management Conference

    NACCHO has several travel scholarships for food safety leaders to attend the Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (INFORM) Conference 2017. The conference is held on November 6-9, 2017 in Garden Grove, CA.This four-day event convenes nearly 500 international attendees representing federal, state, and local public health, food, and environmental regulatory agencies. Attendees will...

    Aug 23, 2017 | Amy Chang

    CDC Awards Funds to Health Departments to Improve Food Safety and Antibiotic Resistance

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding about $32 million to states and local health department programs to improve program integration and enhance their ability to detect, investigate, and report foodborne, waterborne, and fungal disease outbreaks. Of the total, $12 million is funded through CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative. The grants support the...

    Aug 15, 2017 | Amy Chang

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