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Social media was both an incubator for misinformation that local health officials have had to combat as well as a strategic tool that...
Dec 29, 2022 | Charlotte Ciampa
Learn why having the voices of people with disabilities directly at the table and in the conversation will help to ensure that any...
Jun 23, 2022 | Guest Author
View the webinar recording and download the presentations for this Earth Day 2022 webinar!
Apr 26, 2022 | Stephanie Puwalski, Lema Mansoury
AGU's Thriving Earth Exchange seeks community leaders interested in advancing their local priorities to join our upcoming American...
Sep 24, 2020 | Guest Author
The environment contributes to human health and well-being through benefits including clean water, clean air, and protection from...
Apr 16, 2020 | Guest Author
By Dr. Randall Ross, Director, Groundwater Technical Support Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection...
Jan 27, 2020 | Guest Author
The Guardian is launching a year-long series, Our Unequal Earth, investigating environmental injustices: how ecological hazards and...
Oct 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Erin Polich, MPH, Senior Program Manager, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Boston Public Health Commission Editor’s...
Apr 05, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
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
Social media was both an incubator for misinformation that local health officials have had to combat as well as a strategic tool that health departments used to inform the behavioral health of the public during the pandemic.
Learn why having the voices of people with disabilities directly at the table and in the conversation will help to ensure that any preparedness activities and plans made by local health departments are fully accessible.
AGU's Thriving Earth Exchange seeks community leaders interested in advancing their local priorities to join our upcoming American Meteorological Society (AMS)/Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) January 2021 cohort.
The environment contributes to human health and well-being through benefits including clean water, clean air, and protection from natural hazards, also known as ecosystem goods and services. This year, as we celebrate the international 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also marks 50 years of protecting human health and the environment.
By Dr. Randall Ross, Director, Groundwater Technical Support Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) For sixteen years running, researchers at EPA’s Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma, have co-organized Water Fest, an annual community science education and outreach event for elementary-age students in Pontotoc County. The...
The Guardian is launching a year-long series, Our Unequal Earth, investigating environmental injustices: how ecological hazards and climate disasters have the harshest impacts on people of color, native tribes and those on low incomes. The introductory article features five luminaries of the movement explaining “environmental justice” in their own words.
By Erin Polich, MPH, Senior Program Manager, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Boston Public Health Commission Editor’s Note: In January 2019, NACCHO awarded the Boston Public Health Commission and the Marquette County Health Department with grants to support ongoing climate change and health adaptation initiatives. The blog post below highlights Boston’s work in honor of […]
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 […]
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