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Nathan Nieto’s lab at Northern Arizona University conducted a tick study in 2016 using citizen science participation to collect...
Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) surveyed school districts across the country on testing for lead in drinking water....
A recent Pew article cites several states and local jurisdictions that are changing laws to allow pet-owners to bring their dogs to...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a proposed operational control range around optimal fluoride...
The Human Impact Partners team is conducting an evaluation of their Health Equity Guide website to understand how the Guide is being...
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude...
Jul 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The July 2018 MAHC Network webinar on July 24 gave an overview of the newly released third edition of the MAHC. Michael J. Beach,...
Jul 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
On Friday, July 20th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, sponsored a Congressional...
Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Many NACCHO Annual participants took advantage of opportunities to tour the historic French Quarter and learn about the rich culture...
Nathan Nieto’s lab at Northern Arizona University conducted a tick study in 2016 using citizen science participation to collect 16,080 ticks from 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. After receiving the ticks, the research team identified them and tested them for four tick-born pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. A goal of […]
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) surveyed school districts across the country on testing for lead in drinking water. Here is a brief summary of the findings: “An estimated 43 percent of school districts, serving 35 million students, tested for lead in school drinking water in 2016 or 2017, according to GAO’s nationwide survey of […]
A recent Pew article cites several states and local jurisdictions that are changing laws to allow pet-owners to bring their dogs to restaurant and bar patios. According to the article, many of the laws that exist are not often enforced, leading to some ambiguity and confusion for business owners. In Washington, DC, Ohio, and Virginia, […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a proposed operational control range around optimal fluoride concentration in community water systems that adjust fluoride, and monthly adherence to that range. The proposed operational control range is 0.6 mg/L to 1.0 mg/L. CDC bases this guidance on the following considerations: (1) Concentration of fluoride in […]
The Human Impact Partners team is conducting an evaluation of their Health Equity Guide website to understand how the Guide is being used, how it has changed practice, and how they can improve it. Whether or not you have engaged extensively with the Health Equity Guide website, Human Impact Partners invites you to take a […]
By Dylan Williams, Intern, and Chelsea Gridley-Smith, Senior Program Analyst, NACCHO Climate change is a problem of national magnitude that affects the health of all Americans. Climate change deteriorates the health of the public by exacerbating extreme weather events and altering natural ecosystems, which affects food sources and the migration of vector-borne diseases. The implications […]
The July 2018 MAHC Network webinar on July 24 gave an overview of the newly released third edition of the MAHC. Michael J. Beach, Associate Director for Healthy Water at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), presented in this webinar, which provided a look back at the 2017 CMAHC Conference where the process […]
On Friday, July 20th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, sponsored a Congressional panel discussion, “Addressing the Impact of Climate Change on Public Health and Natural Disasters.” Policy experts spoke on how the Federal government should incorporate climate change in its preparedness plan for natural disasters and how […]
Many NACCHO Annual participants took advantage of opportunities to tour the historic French Quarter and learn about the rich culture of this renowned New Orleans neighborhood. Only one tour focused exclusively on the pests, termites, and rodents roaming the streets and infiltrating buildings. The City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board (NOMTCB) […]
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