The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) released two new videos on biomonitoring and environmental health testing: What...
Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
On June 28, NACCHO hosted a webinar on conducting social network analyses–what they look like and how they can be applied....
Jun 28, 2018 | Christina Baum
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local...
Apr 25, 2018 | Amy Chang
Across the country, state and local officials are warning consumers about possible Hepatitis A exposures from restaurant workers who...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and...
By Alexandra Fraser, NACCHO Environmental Health Intern A multistate outbreak of Salmonellosis has been linked to the consumption of a...
Apr 17, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Florida Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Fellowship is currently seeking applicants for the 2018-2020 class of fellows. The...
Apr 06, 2018 | Christina Baum
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new video called “Why Are Environmental Health Services So...
Apr 04, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun to test fresh cilantro, parsley and basil, as well as processed avocado and...
Feb 27, 2018 | Amy Chang
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) released two new videos on biomonitoring and environmental health testing: What is biomonitoring? Biomonitoring is the process of testing people for chemicals in their body to determine how exposure might impact their health. But what exactly does that mean? How are public health and environmental health laboratories involved? […]
On June 28, NACCHO hosted a webinar on conducting social network analyses–what they look like and how they can be applied. Webinar participants were also led through an explanation and live demonstration of a recently developed toolkit from the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, A Novice’s Guide: Social Network Analysis Using R Statnet, which […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local officials, are investigating Salmonella Braenderup infections. The Salmonella Braenderup infections have been linked to Rose Acre Farms’ Hyde County farm and have sold these egg under multiple brand names. The FDA advises consumers to not […]
Across the country, state and local officials are warning consumers about possible Hepatitis A exposures from restaurant workers who have worked while infected with the virus. The most recent warnings include Arkansas and Indiana. More than 1,200 people have been reported to be infected in a multi-state outbreak that includes restaurant employees. Learn more here.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli O157:H7) infections linked to romaine lettuce. The warning to consumers cover all types of romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region....
By Alexandra Fraser, NACCHO Environmental Health Intern A multistate outbreak of Salmonellosis has been linked to the consumption of a product called “kratom”. From March 14 to April 5, 2018 the number of Salmonella cases confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) increased by more than 50%, up to 132 people in 38 states [1] [2]. […]
The Florida Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Fellowship is currently seeking applicants for the 2018-2020 class of fellows. The Florida EIS Fellowship is a unique two-year, post-graduate program of service and on-the-job training for health professionals interested in the field of epidemiology. Fellows are assigned to a county health department (CHD) for two years and have […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new video called “Why Are Environmental Health Services So Important?” The video describes how does environmental health services work with epidemiology and laboratory professionals to protect public health. Learn how environmental health services answer how and why a disease occurs, recommend actions to stop outbreaks...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun to test fresh cilantro, parsley and basil, as well as processed avocado and guacamole, for certain microbial contaminants. The sampling will help the FDA assess the rates of bacterial contamination in these items to help identify possible common factors among the positive samples. These items were […]
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