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Mitigating the Risks of Animal Importation: Who’s Responsible?
Hundreds of thousands of animals are imported into the United States every day, increasing the chance for infectious diseases...
Oct 13, 2016 | Erin Laird
NACCHO Senior Advisor Shares Zika Efforts with Local University
Last month, Dr. Oscar Alleyne, Senior Advisor at NACCHO, visited the University of Maryland, College Park to speak to more than 80...
Oct 04, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Cook County, Illinois
By Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Last week, Ingham County Health Department was featured as one of the...
Aug 18, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Spring Weather Preparedness: Storms, Floods—and Yes, Tornadoes
Until 1950, United States weathermen were forbidden from using the T-word: tornadoes. Yet, in the early 20th century, tornadoes were...
Mar 28, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO Hosts First Health in All Policies (HiAP) Workshop in Richmond, VA
On December 8-9 2015 the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in conjunction with Institute for Public...
Jan 20, 2016 | Bridget Kerner
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
National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Launches Improved Info by...
The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has launched...
Oct 13, 2015 | Katie Regan
Environmental Health and Accreditation in Indian River County, FL
By Julianne Price, Environmental Health Coordinator, Florida Department of Health in Indian River County Environmental health...
Sep 15, 2015 | Katie Regan
New HIA Funding Opportunity Available
Through support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Healthy Community Design Initiative, NACCHO is...
Aug 19, 2015 | Bridget Kerner
Mitigating the Risks of Animal Importation: Who’s Responsible?Hundreds of thousands of animals are imported into the United States every day, increasing the chance for infectious diseases transmittable to humans to be introduced with them. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates more than 60% of infectious diseases in humans are spread from animals. The elevated risk of infectious […] Oct 13, 2016 | Erin Laird |
NACCHO Senior Advisor Shares Zika Efforts with Local UniversityLast month, Dr. Oscar Alleyne, Senior Advisor at NACCHO, visited the University of Maryland, College Park to speak to more than 80 students and faculty about how he and other health officials have worked to combat Zika virus. Check out this video of his lecture and see what the University’s newspaper had to share about the visit. Oct 04, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
Spotlight Blog Series: HUD Grant Advances Lead Prevention in Cook County, IllinoisBy Elizabeth Brasington, NACCHO Marketing/ Communications Intern Last week, Ingham County Health Department was featured as one of the 15 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) awardees for our three-part blog series highlighting this impactful grant. Created by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), this funding aims to support communities to identify and reduce […] Aug 18, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Spring Weather Preparedness: Storms, Floods—and Yes, TornadoesUntil 1950, United States weathermen were forbidden from using the T-word: tornadoes. Yet, in the early 20th century, tornadoes were everywhere: ripping through southern and Midwest states, shouting in sky-high fonts from the front page of newspapers, and starring in harrowing newsreels. According to a recent piece in Atlas Obscura, there was one place, however, […] Mar 28, 2016 | Andrea Grenadier |
NACCHO Hosts First Health in All Policies (HiAP) Workshop in Richmond, VAOn December 8-9 2015 the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in conjunction with Institute for Public Health Innovation (IPHI), Creating Community Change Consulting, and the Richmond City Health District, conducted Richmond, Virginia’s first Health in All Policies Workshop. Health in All Policies (HiAP) is a change in the systems that determine […] Jan 20, 2016 | Bridget Kerner |
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 |
National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Launches Improved Info by Location ToolThe National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has launched an improved version of its Info by Location tool. The new update allows users to customize results by selecting specific topics of interest, such as access to parks, extreme heat, and proximity to highways. Oct 13, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Environmental Health and Accreditation in Indian River County, FLBy Julianne Price, Environmental Health Coordinator, Florida Department of Health in Indian River County Environmental health professionals who don’t have a seat at their local table for accreditation efforts should pull up a chair and join the group. For many years, the environmental health profession has held fast to the roots of enforcement and regulation. […] Sep 15, 2015 | Katie Regan |
New HIA Funding Opportunity AvailableThrough support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Healthy Community Design Initiative, NACCHO is pleased to offer two funding opportunities for up to six local health departments (LHDs). The funding opportunities are as follows: Component A: Component A includes funding of up to $15,000 each for up to three LHDs to complete a […] Aug 19, 2015 | Bridget Kerner |
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