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The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is exacting heavy economic and social costs around the world. In the...
Apr 16, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
To support the role of local health departments (LHDs) in the COVID-19 response, NACCHO is compiling guidance/news, tools and...
Mar 31, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. NACCHO is working to support the ever-increasing role...
Mar 24, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
NYC Health released a new fact sheet, Sex and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), that details how COVID-19 spreads, what we do and...
ecoAmerica and Lake Research Partners’ latest survey, American Climate Perspectives Survey 2020, Volume II: Americans May Feel...
Mar 23, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
This article from the American Journal of Public Health discusses some perspectives that illuminate how problem areas including...
Feb 20, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
Vaccinate Your Family recently released its fourth annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report. The 2020 report examines how strong the...
Feb 19, 2020 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
Calling local health departments of all sizes! Are you attending the 2020 Preparedness Summit in Dallas, TX? If so, please consider...
Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers
Clinical Infectious Diseases published an article on a review of measles outbreak cost estimates from the U.S. in the post-elimination...
The current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is exacting heavy economic and social costs around the world. In the United States, one aspect of the costs of COVID-19 that is of great interest but little understood is the potential cost to the nation of inpatient services for those with the disease.
To support the role of local health departments (LHDs) in the COVID-19 response, NACCHO is compiling guidance/news, tools and resources, and training opportunities. This post is updated weekly.
Local health departments (LHDs) are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. NACCHO is working to support the ever-increasing role of local public health in the COVID-19 response, in part by sharing information between federal, national, state, and local partners. To support local health department HIV, STI, and viral hepatitis programs, NACCHO is updating this […]
NYC Health released a new fact sheet, Sex and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), that details how COVID-19 spreads, what we do and don’t know about COVID-19 and sex, and how to have safe sex and avoid spreading coronavirus. View the fact sheet.
ecoAmerica and Lake Research Partners’ latest survey, American Climate Perspectives Survey 2020, Volume II: Americans May Feel Isolated in Their Climate Concern, finds a significant gap in the level of reported actual versus perceived concern about climate change. Concern about climate change is a consensus perspective in the U.S., however few think others around them […]
This article from the American Journal of Public Health discusses some perspectives that illuminate how problem areas including effective leadership, workforce development, equipment and technology, information systems and data, garnering support, and partnerships and collaboration are affecting the delivery of environmental health services at the state and local levels. Read more.
Vaccinate Your Family recently released its fourth annual State of the ImmUnion (SOTI) report. The 2020 report examines how strong the nation’s defenses truly are against vaccine-preventable diseases and what public health advocates and legislators can do to make the country stronger and more resilient in the face of disease outbreaks and other emerging health threats. […]
Calling local health departments of all sizes! Are you attending the 2020 Preparedness Summit in Dallas, TX? If so, please consider participating in one of our NACCHO-led focus groups. NACCHO wants to hear from you to understand local health departments’ experiences putting expedited mechanisms in place to address administrative preparedness activities when an emergency is […]
Clinical Infectious Diseases published an article on a review of measles outbreak cost estimates from the U.S. in the post-elimination era (2004-2017). The abstract is included below. Despite the elimination of measles in the U.S. in the year 2000, cases continue to occur with measles outbreaks having occurred in various jurisdictions in the U.S. in 2018 […]
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May 09, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...
Mar 08, 2024
NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...
Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
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