The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), as well as four SAB...
Jun 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) is pleased to announce a second competition round of Lead Poisoning Prevention...
May 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Most foodborne outbreaks occur in retail food establishments like restaurants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
May 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO is launching a community of practice (CoP) that focuses on STI express services, also known as fast-tracking, which refer to...
May 01, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has released its review of state environmental health legislation for 2018. In...
Apr 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Implementation Status Report for EPA Actions under the December 2018...
The Tennessee Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence (CoE) receives funding to assist state and local health departments on a...
Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Most reported foodborne outbreaks occur in retail food establishments like restaurants. A recent MMWR said that from 2014 to 2016, 16...
ChangeLab Solutions recently released a newly updated model policy regarding Complete Streets: Model State Legislation Establishing...
Mar 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB), as well as four SAB subcommittees. The SAB is a chartered federal advisory committee at the EPA that provides independent, expert advice to the EPA Administrator on a range of environmental topics in science, engineering, risk, and economic issues. On […]
The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) is pleased to announce a second competition round of Lead Poisoning Prevention Catalytic Grant Awards. GHHI’s goal is to grow and strengthen the network of organizations dedicated to advancing the National Lead Campaign to end childhood lead poisoning nationwide. GHHI is making catalytic grant investments in organizations in […]
Most foodborne outbreaks occur in retail food establishments like restaurants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at 403 foodborne outbreaks reported to CDC’s National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS). An environmental assessment is an important part of outbreak investigations. It can determine how and why germs got into the environment and spread...
NACCHO is launching a community of practice (CoP) that focuses on STI express services, also known as fast-tracking, which refer to triage-based STI testing without a full clinical examination. About Express Services To address rising STI rates and related health care costs, some U.S. and international STI clinics have introduced STI express services, and many […]
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has released its review of state environmental health legislation for 2018. In 2018, state legislatures introduced 3,486 bills relating to environmental health, enacting 686 of them. This is the most bills on environmental health NCSL has seen since it began tracking the issue in 2012. Bills on environmental […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Implementation Status Report for EPA Actions under the December 2018 Federal Action Plan to Reduce Childhood Lead Exposures and Associated Health Impacts (Status Report). The Status Report describes EPA activities that are being conducted in support of the Lead Action Plan. Through the President’s Task Force on […]
The Tennessee Integrated Food Safety Centers of Excellence (CoE) receives funding to assist state and local health departments on a one-on-one basis. The CoE can offer the following consultation services: enteric disease interviews interview tracking databases (the CoE uses REDCap) cluster investigations using PFGE/WGS outbreak investigations detection and response stool collection food and...
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 […]
ChangeLab Solutions recently released a newly updated model policy regarding Complete Streets: Model State Legislation Establishing Complete Streets. Complete streets promote mobility for people of all ages, abilities, and income levels. These policies encourage many different forms of transportation, including walking, biking, taking public transit, and driving. Complete streets have been shown...
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PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
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NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
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