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NACCHO Resources to Address the Recommendations in the “Outbreaks: Protecting...
On December 17, the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released their annual report on the state of...
Dec 17, 2015 | Sara Chang
Latest CDC Act Against AIDS Initiative: Doing It
The CDC launched its latest communications campaign, Doing It, a new national bilingual campaign that emphasizes the importance of HIV...
Dec 11, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas
Protect Yourself While Pregnant: Food Safety Resources for Local Health Departments
By Brittany C. Woodland, Congressional and Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of...
Dec 10, 2015 | Guest Author
Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control Programs
From the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have...
Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown
NACCHO Comments on CMS Proposed Rule for Long-Term Care Facilities
On July 16, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) invited the public to comment on a proposed rule reforming...
Nov 09, 2015 | Sara Chang
Take Action During National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
October 25-31 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, an awareness week dedicated to ensuring that homes are safe, families take...
Oct 27, 2015 | Katie Regan
Protecting Children from Environmental Threats During Children’s Health Month
We face environmental health threats every day in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the homes in which we live. And though we...
Oct 23, 2015 | Katie Regan
FDA Releases New Food-Related Emergency Exercises
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added two new food-related emergency exercises to its Food Related Emergency Exercise...
Oct 13, 2015 | Katie Regan
Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging...
The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an...
Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum
NACCHO Resources to Address the Recommendations in the “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases” ReportOn December 17, the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released their annual report on the state of prevention and control of infectious disease outbreaks in the United States. Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases analyzes the country’s policies related to ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats and provides recommendations to […] Dec 17, 2015 | Sara Chang |
Latest CDC Act Against AIDS Initiative: Doing ItThe CDC launched its latest communications campaign, Doing It, a new national bilingual campaign that emphasizes the importance of HIV testing for all people aged 18-64, at the National HIV Prevention Conference. Overall, the campaign emphasizes that HIV testing is a normal part of life—everyone is Doing It. Testing campaign advertisements feature a diverse group of participants, […] Dec 11, 2015 | Alyssa Kitlas |
Protect Yourself While Pregnant: Food Safety Resources for Local Health DepartmentsBy Brittany C. Woodland, Congressional and Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture As a mother prepares to bring a baby into the world, she has to juggle the often overwhelming demands of pregnancy: frequent doctor’s appointments, morning sickness, and the infamous food cravings, to name just a few. Food safety may […] Dec 10, 2015 | Guest Author |
Rodent Control and Public Health: Examining Local Rodent Control ProgramsFrom the 1900 San Francisco bubonic plague epidemic to the 2012 Yosemite National Park hantavirus infection outbreak, rodents have always been a lurking environmental threat, capable of compromising the public’s health. In addition to potentially carrying parasites and pathogens, rodents have been destroying infrastructure, infesting houses and businesses, and damaging property for centuries. To... Nov 11, 2015 | Lisa Brown |
NACCHO Comments on CMS Proposed Rule for Long-Term Care FacilitiesOn July 16, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) invited the public to comment on a proposed rule reforming requirements for long-term care facilities participating in CMS programs. The proposed rule is intended to update requirements–which have not been comprehensively updated since 1991–to reflect industry advancements, improve the quality and safety of healthcare […] Nov 09, 2015 | Sara Chang |
Take Action During National Lead Poisoning Prevention WeekOctober 25-31 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, an awareness week dedicated to ensuring that homes are safe, families take precautions, and communities are educated about the dangers of lead. Children in particular are susceptible to lead poisoning and this year’s theme is “Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy Future.” Childhood lead poisoning is considered the most... Oct 27, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Protecting Children from Environmental Threats During Children’s Health MonthWe face environmental health threats every day in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the homes in which we live. And though we are all susceptible, the level of risk experienced is not equal: For children, these threats pose an even greater risk to health than they do for adults. Children are a […] Oct 23, 2015 | Katie Regan |
FDA Releases New Food-Related Emergency ExercisesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added two new food-related emergency exercises to its Food Related Emergency Exercise Bundle (FREE-B). The new exercises, “Wat’er You Thinking” and “Foul Fodder,” involve the possible contamination of a local water supply and the apparent tampering of animal feed. FREE-B is a compilation of scenarios based on both... Oct 13, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Lessons for Local Health Departments from the International Conference on Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) was held in Atlanta at the end of August and Jackie Lawler, an epidemiologist at the Orange County Health Department in New York and a member of NACCHO’s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Workgroup, attended as the NACCHO partner representative on the ICEID 2015 Scientific Program Committee. […] Oct 13, 2015 | Christina Baum |
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