The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Last week, global media company Great Big Story released a four-minute short film, The Disease Detectives Stop Outbreaks at Their...
Apr 25, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
NACCHO hosted a webinar on April 9, 2019 covering major updates on tickborne diseases in the United States. Dr. Grace Marx, medical...
Apr 10, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
PrEP is a medication that can be used to help prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Research has shown that when taken...
Mar 26, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The CDC and USDA released a new infographic on cooking chicken liver safely. The text of the infographic is below. See the full...
Mar 25, 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
Southern Specialities Inc. has issued a recall notice for some Marketside bagged fresh green beans and pre-cut butternut squash...
Feb 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and partners developed an online training on preventing Legionnaires’ disease,...
Dec 19, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
A new study published in the Journal of Food Protection by researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture found similar levels of...
Nov 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Note: This is the fourth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Nov 08, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Last week, global media company Great Big Story released a four-minute short film, The Disease Detectives Stop Outbreaks at Their Source, which highlights CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (also known as Disease Detectives). The film sought to learn more about risks from the potentially-deadly leptospirosis in the US Virgin Islands (USVI). Caitlin Cossaboom, who works in CDC’s […]
NACCHO hosted a webinar on April 9, 2019 covering major updates on tickborne diseases in the United States. Dr. Grace Marx, medical epidemiologist at the CDC, gave a general overview on tickborne disease epidemiology and prevention, and she introduced new topics including invasive tick species and surveillance guidance. Specific information about the extent of the […]
PrEP is a medication that can be used to help prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Research has shown that when taken consistently, daily PrEP can reduce the risk of HIV infection by up to 90%. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that PrEP be offered to individuals who are at […]
The CDC and USDA released a new infographic on cooking chicken liver safely. The text of the infographic is below. See the full infographic here. Chefs, Cooks, and Caterers: Cook Chicken Liver Like It’s Chicken (It Is): Cook Chicken Liver to 165°F Always Cook Chicken Liver All the Way through Use a food thermometer (you can’t tell […]
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 […]
Southern Specialities Inc. has issued a recall notice for some Marketside bagged fresh green beans and pre-cut butternut squash because of possible contamination with Listeria bacteria. Marketside is one of Walmart’s brands. The produce company’s recall notice says it is unknown whether any of the implicated vegetables reached retail shelves. Southern Specialties shipped the bags of […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and partners developed an online training on preventing Legionnaires’ disease, PreventLD: A Training on Legionella Water Management Programs. The training focuses on creating a water management program to reduce risk for Legionnaires’ disease. The training aligns with industry standards (ASHRAE 188) on managing risk for Legionella bacteria....
A new study published in the Journal of Food Protection by researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture found similar levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in ground beef raised with and without antibiotics. According to the authors of the study, their findings suggest that antimicrobial use in U.S. cattle production has “minimal to no impact on AMR […]
Note: This is the fourth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. November 2018 Dear Greener Guidance, I am working on revising our local health department cemetery guidelines to include green burials. I wondered if any other health department in the country has any “best practices” […]
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