The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Find out what local environmental health (EH) professionals across the country are doing in tick control and surveillance in a new...
Jul 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 13, 2019, a joint HHS/CDC/NIH/FDA webinar was held, focused on emerging issues in tickborne diseases. Agenda: Dr. Paul Mead,...
Jul 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Anna Perea, Policy and Communications Lead, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for...
May 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
As expected, 2018 was another busy year in emerging infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To...
Mar 05, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Applications are now open for NACCHO’s 2019 Vector Control Technical Assistance Program. The goal of the program is to help...
Feb 12, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with public health, agricultural, and academic experts to understand the...
Dec 14, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Marie Smith and Dylan Williams, NACCHO Interns Vector-borne diseases (e.g., Zika virus, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease) are a...
Oct 03, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Nathan Nieto’s lab at Northern Arizona University conducted a tick study in 2016 using citizen science participation to collect...
Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of defense against a myriad of threats to their communities. One of the most...
Jun 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Find out what local environmental health (EH) professionals across the country are doing in tick control and surveillance in a new assessment from NACCHO. Through key informant interviews, respondents shared the strategies they use to conduct tick-related activities and maximize resources by collaborating with internal and external partners. View key findings from the report. View […]
On June 13, 2019, a joint HHS/CDC/NIH/FDA webinar was held, focused on emerging issues in tickborne diseases. Agenda: Dr. Paul Mead, CDC—Welcome and introduction Denise Bonilla, USDA/APHIS—Update on the Asian longhorned tick (H. longicornis) Dr. William Nicholson, CDC—Alpha-gal allergy following tick bite: What do we really know? Dr. Kevin Esvelt, MIT—Mice against ticks: A community-guided...
By Anna Perea, Policy and Communications Lead, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The distribution of ticks and the pathogens they can transmit change over time. As a result, the likelihood of people coming in contact with ticks also changes over space […]
As expected, 2018 was another busy year in emerging infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To reflect, the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) recently released the 2018 Accomplishments Report. This report describes the important work of NCEZID over the past year, none of which would have […]
Applications are now open for NACCHO’s 2019 Vector Control Technical Assistance Program. The goal of the program is to help local health departments improve mosquito surveillance and control to prevent vector-borne diseases like Zika and the West Nile Virus. In the wake of the Zika virus outbreak, 84% of local mosquito control jurisdictions were ranked as “Needs […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with public health, agricultural, and academic experts to understand the possible threat posed by the spread of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in several U.S. states since its discovery in 2017, according to a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. To better understand the full potential […]
By Marie Smith and Dylan Williams, NACCHO Interns Vector-borne diseases (e.g., Zika virus, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease) are a concern to many Americans, spreading among the population through mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and other vectors. The mosquitoes and ticks that spread disease are highly mobile creatures that are able to reproduce rapidly. As vector-borne […]
Nathan Nieto’s lab at Northern Arizona University conducted a tick study in 2016 using citizen science participation to collect 16,080 ticks from 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. After receiving the ticks, the research team identified them and tested them for four tick-born pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. A goal of […]
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the front lines of defense against a myriad of threats to their communities. One of the most pervasive and all-encompassing threats LHDs currently face is climate change. Climate change jeopardizes public health in many ways: Extreme heat (i.e., more frequent, more intense, and longer lasting heat) heightens the risk […]
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