The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
To improve the health and well-being of communities oppressed by racism and white supremacy, advocates for justice need to challenge...
Jul 30, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
CDC and STRIVE are pleased to announce the launch of the first two of 11 new infection control training courses, Hand Hygiene and...
Jul 02, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed...
Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Some people use frozen berries without first cooking them, increasing their risk of exposure to harmful viruses. The U.S. Food and...
May 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program...
May 10, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In January 2018, NACCHO launched the STI Express Initiative, which aims to increase the capacity of STI clinics to offer express...
May 03, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Most reported foodborne outbreaks occur in retail food establishments like restaurants. A recent MMWR said that from 2014 to 2016, 16...
Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the...
Mar 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Calling all health communicators! Looking to improve your engagement with journalists in print, television, radio & digital media?...
Jan 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
To improve the health and well-being of communities oppressed by racism and white supremacy, advocates for justice need to challenge some deeply held cultural assumptions, values, and practices. This prerogative raises a series of questions: How can we disrupt the narratives that perpetuate racism and white privilege? What counternarratives and stories need to be told […]
CDC and STRIVE are pleased to announce the launch of the first two of 11 new infection control training courses, Hand Hygiene and Competency-Based Training. These courses are part of the new States Targeting Reduction in Infections via Engagement (STRIVE) curriculum intended for the infection prevention team, hospital leaders, clinical educators, nurse and physician managers, […]
On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed industry to help reduce food safety hazards in the production of seed used for sprouting. Between January 1996 and August 2018, contaminated sprouts were associated with 50 outbreaks, which together resulted in more […]
Some people use frozen berries without first cooking them, increasing their risk of exposure to harmful viruses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported three hepatitis A virus outbreaks and one norovirus outbreak linked to frozen berries in the United States from 1997 to 2016. The FDA began sampling frozen berries for each hazard as […]
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) are designed to help food regulatory programs enhance the services they provide to the public. This post is part of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards blog series, showcasing the progress that communities across the country have made in retail […]
In January 2018, NACCHO launched the STI Express Initiative, which aims to increase the capacity of STI clinics to offer express services that are responsive to patient, clinic, and community needs and advance STI prevention efforts. As part of this Initiative, NACCHO is convening the STI Express Data Collaborative, through which seven STI clinics that […]
Most reported foodborne outbreaks occur in retail food establishments like restaurants. A recent MMWR said that from 2014 to 2016, 16 state and local public health departments reported 404 of these kinds of outbreaks to CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS). Most of the outbreaks were of viral illnesses, such as norovirus. This is […]
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the world already live without access to safe water, and in emergencies, those numbers increase exponentially. Across the United States, aging water infrastructure, severe weather, and accidents cause an estimated 240,000 water main […]
Calling all health communicators! Looking to improve your engagement with journalists in print, television, radio & digital media? USDA/FSIS and the non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education are partnering to offer an intensive small group media training for health and food safety communicators to help them more effectively engage with the media. BAC Fighter Media […]
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