The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The FDA, CDC, and state and local officials investigated a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections. CDC reports that...
Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated their 2013 risk profile on pathogens and filth in spices. The update includes data...
Feb 28, 2018 | Amy Chang
ASTHO released a new report on The State of Health in All Policies. Between July and October 2016, ASTHO’s Health in All Policies...
Feb 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local...
Feb 27, 2018 | Amy Chang
Through NACCHO’s outreach to environmental health leaders around the country, we have heard a strong desire for a streamlined...
Feb 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for membership on the Board of Scientific Counselors...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is soliciting nominations for membership on the Lead Exposure and Prevention...
The Michigan Public Health Training Center (PHTC) seeks to strengthen the current and future public health workforce through...
The FDA, CDC, and state and local officials investigated a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections. CDC reports that epidemiologic evidence indicates that raw sprouts were the likely source of this outbreak. The FDA collected invoices and/or samples from growers and seed suppliers that produced the sprouts. All the samples that were collected subsequently tested negative. […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated their 2013 risk profile on pathogens and filth in spices. The update includes data that shows the prevalence of Salmonella in nine out of 11 types of retail spices in the U.S. was significantly lower than imported spices. Learn more about the key findings here.
ASTHO released a new report on The State of Health in All Policies. Between July and October 2016, ASTHO’s Health in All Policies (HiAP) team interviewed representatives from nine states (California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont) to discuss their HiAP initiatives. For each case study, background information, drivers behind...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local health officials, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to kratom products. Kratom is a plant that grows naturally in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It comes in a variety […]
Through NACCHO’s outreach to environmental health leaders around the country, we have heard a strong desire for a streamlined method for leaders to connect, collaborate, and share with peers in their region and similarly organized jurisdictions. This is especially important given the reality of increasing environmental health related issues, decreasing funding, and a changing public...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites nominations from a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered for appointment to its National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC). The NEJAC was chartered to provide advice regarding broad, cross-cutting issues related to environmental justice. This notice solicits nominations to fill approximately four new vacancies...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for membership on the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASTDR). The BSC, NCEH/ATSDR consists of 16 experts in fields associated with environmental public health or in related disciplines (e.g., environmental law,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is soliciting nominations for membership on the Lead Exposure and Prevention Advisory Committee (LEPAC). The LEPAC consists of 15 Federal and non-Federal experts in fields associated with lead screening, the prevention of lead exposure, and services for individuals and communities affected by lead exposure. Nominations are being […]
The Michigan Public Health Training Center (PHTC) seeks to strengthen the current and future public health workforce through continuing education and student development activities. The Michigan PHTC website includes a robust Resources page, with the following legionella resources: Recording of “Strategies for Identifying Legionella Consultants” panel presentation Compilation of...
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