The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
On August 12, 2021, NACCHO and AAAS’s EPI Center hosted a webinar on PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water.
Aug 27, 2021 | Guest Author
New webinar from NACCHO on August 12, 2021.
Jul 23, 2021
NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration calling on the Biden-Harris Administration and Members of...
Jan 27, 2021 | Anu Varma
By Jay Schulz, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow The smell of fresh air. The warm sun. The cool breeze on your face. The absolute...
Mar 15, 2020 | Guest Author
Recommendation As of January 15, 2020, the CDC reports that the outbreak appears to be over. Contaminated romaine from the Salinas, CA...
Jan 31, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
CDC invested more than $14 million last year in academic and healthcare innovators and other researchers to combat antibiotic...
Jan 28, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
By Dr. Randall Ross, Director, Groundwater Technical Support Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection...
Jan 27, 2020 | Guest Author
Recommendation FDA, CDC, and state health authorities are investigating an outbreak of illnesses caused by E. coli O157:H7 in the...
Jan 02, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
The Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care was developed with input from child care professionals and lead prevention experts...
Oct 21, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO joins leading public health organizations in signing a declaration calling on the Biden-Harris Administration and Members of Congress to take urgent action to address the health emergency of climate change.
By Jay Schulz, NACCHO Health and Disability Fellow The smell of fresh air. The warm sun. The cool breeze on your face. The absolute magic that is a tiny little shell of something or other turning into a life-sustaining object. The pure joy of tasting a tomato that you raised from said tiny shell yourself. […]
Recommendation As of January 15, 2020, the CDC reports that the outbreak appears to be over. Contaminated romaine from the Salinas, CA growing region that made people sick in this outbreak is likely no longer available. Consumers need not avoid romaine lettuce, or any other produce, from the Salinas, CA growing area. Update FDA will […]
CDC invested more than $14 million last year in academic and healthcare innovators and other researchers to combat antibiotic resistance (AR), according to the agency’s latest AR Investment Map—totaling more than $125 million toward innovation, plus millions more to public health departments, since 2016. The interactive map shows CDC’s commitment to discover, test, and scale […]
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...
Recommendation FDA, CDC, and state health authorities are investigating an outbreak of illnesses caused by E. coli O157:H7 in the U.S. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback evidence indicates that romaine lettuce from the Salinas, California growing region is the likely source of this outbreak. Current traceback investigations have identified a common grower in Salinas. FDA, CDC, […]
The Lead-Safe Toolkit for Home-Based Child Care was developed with input from child care professionals and lead prevention experts under the guidance of the Children’s Environmental Health Network, the National Center for Healthy Housing and the National Association of Family Child Care. This toolkit can help providers and even parents reduce lead hazards in their […]
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