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How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian Influenza
By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year,...
Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author
A Standardized Approach to Risk Communications: Challenges and Developments
By Alexandra Jabs, former Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholar at NACCHO, and current Master in Public Health candidate...
Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Author
What to Know about Summer Weather and Lyme Disease
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health and infectious disease news...
Jul 08, 2015 | Guest Author
White House Hosts Summit on Climate Change and Health
On June 23, NACCHO Executive Director LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, joined hundreds of attendees at the White House Summit on Climate...
Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author
Local Health Department Engages in Pharmacy Preparedness Exercise
By Mary Wakefield, Intern, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO For most people, visiting a...
Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author
CDC Develops Medical Countermeasure Inventory Data Exchange
By Barbara Nichols, CDC Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services,...
Jun 11, 2015 | Guest Author
From Connecticut, a Tool for the Ebola Response and Beyond
By Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO With the World Health Organization declaring Liberia free of Ebola virus...
Jun 09, 2015 | Guest Author
NACCHO Renews Commitment to Antibiotic Stewardship at White House Forum
By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO and Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO On June 2,...
Jun 02, 2015 | Guest Author
How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian InfluenzaBy Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year, and the attention on the topic boils down to two primary points of interest: 1) it has affected millions of birds and 2) the disease is similar to ones which have affected humans in […] Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author |
A Standardized Approach to Risk Communications: Challenges and DevelopmentsBy Alexandra Jabs, former Local Public Health Policy & Practice Scholar at NACCHO, and current Master in Public Health candidate at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Coordinated risk communication efforts are essential during all stages of emergency response […] Jul 15, 2015 | Guest Author |
What to Know about Summer Weather and Lyme DiseaseThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health and infectious disease news and information, visit Jul 08, 2015 | Guest Author |
White House Hosts Summit on Climate Change and HealthOn June 23, NACCHO Executive Director LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, joined hundreds of attendees at the White House Summit on Climate Change and Health. Speakers at the event included Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie, in addition to other administration officials […] Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author |
Local Health Department Engages in Pharmacy Preparedness ExerciseBy Mary Wakefield, Intern, Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response, NACCHO For most people, visiting a Costco Warehouse means getting a great deal, but soon enough it could also mean receiving medical countermeasures in an emergency. On June 4th, 2015, the Costco Warehouse in Prince William County, VA, pilot tested a new program to […] Jun 25, 2015 | Guest Author |
CDC Develops Medical Countermeasure Inventory Data ExchangeBy Barbara Nichols, CDC Office of Public Health Scientific Services, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance; and Benjamin Erickson, CDC Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Division of Strategic National Stockpile In response to inventory and tracking needs identified during the 2009 H1N1 Influenza pandemic, the... Jun 11, 2015 | Guest Author |
From Connecticut, a Tool for the Ebola Response and BeyondBy Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO With the World Health Organization declaring Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission on May 9 and cases slowing in the most affected areas, now is the time for local health departments to take stock and make improvements to further strengthen their preparedness efforts. Melissa Marquis, RN, MS, […] Jun 09, 2015 | Guest Author |
NACCHO Renews Commitment to Antibiotic Stewardship at White House ForumBy Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO and Sara Chang, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO On June 2, NACCHO joined over 150 major food companies, retailers, and human and animal health stakeholders at the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship to announce its commitment to implement changes over the next five years to slow […] Jun 02, 2015 | Guest Author |
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