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FCC Expands Access to Emergency Alerts for People with Blindness/Visual Impairments

On May 21, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expanded its rules to ensure that critical emergency information shown on...

Jun 02, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance: A Local Report from the Front Line

    By Jennifer Gutowski, MPH, CIC, Surveillance Coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Public Health The Philadelphia Department of...

    May 27, 2015 | Guest Author

  • NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition Highlights Emergency Preparedness at...

    By Jasmine Tinoco, NACCHO government affairs/media relations intern On April 28, NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) held...

    May 06, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Updates for Avian Influenza Preparedness

    On May 1, Iowa governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency to address the rising toll that avian influenza is taking on the...

    May 04, 2015 | Guest Author

  • America’s PrepareAthon! Helps Build Resilient Communities

    By Gwen Camp, director of individual and community preparedness for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)  Despite the...

    Apr 28, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Smallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop Exercise

    By Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary...

    Apr 08, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Local Health Department Preparedness and Response to Ebola in the United States

    Local health departments are playing a leading role in response to potential Ebola cases in the United States. They are working with...

    Apr 01, 2015 | Guest Author

  • Epidemiology and Surveillance Training Courses Available

    A number of new training courses in public health surveillance and epidemiology are available now to help public health professionals...

    Mar 23, 2015 | Guest Author

  • FCC Expands Access to Emergency Alerts for People with Blindness/Visual Impairments

    On May 21, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) expanded its rules to ensure that critical emergency information shown on television is made accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired. The new rules, enacted through a Second Report and Order, will require visually displayed emergency information to be available aurally on laptops, tablets, […]

    Jun 02, 2015 | Guest Author

    Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance: A Local Report from the Front Line

    By Jennifer Gutowski, MPH, CIC, Surveillance Coordinator, Philadelphia Department of Public Health The Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) promotes and protects the health of 1.5 million residents of Philadelphia, in part through surveillance of over 70 communicable diseases and conditions. Of these diseases, few are considered healthcare associated and traditionally, outside of...

    May 27, 2015 | Guest Author

    NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition Highlights Emergency Preparedness at Congressional Briefing

    By Jasmine Tinoco, NACCHO government affairs/media relations intern On April 28, NACCHO’s Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) held “Short Term Fixes, Long Term Consequences: How Vaccines, Viruses, and Dollars Impact Emergency Preparedness in America’s Big Cities,” a congressional briefing with honorary co-hosts Representatives Tom Price (R-GA) and John Lewis (D-GA). The panelists at the briefing...

    May 06, 2015 | Guest Author

    Updates for Avian Influenza Preparedness

    On May 1, Iowa governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency to address the rising toll that avian influenza is taking on the state’s poultry industry. Since December 2014, there have been several reports of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) infections in U.S. domestic poultry (both backyard and commercial flocks), captive wild birds, and wild birds […]

    May 04, 2015 | Guest Author

    America’s PrepareAthon! Helps Build Resilient Communities

    By Gwen Camp, director of individual and community preparedness for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)  Despite the heartbreaking stories of recent disasters, research shows nearly 60 percent of Americans have not participated in a preparedness drill or exercise at their workplace, school, or home in the past year. Local leaders in public health preparedness […]

    Apr 28, 2015 | Guest Author

    Smallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop Exercise

    By Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary reminder that humans are vulnerable to infectious diseases and that preparedness must remain a top priority. But Ebola isn’t the only health threat facing the global community. Other biological airborne threats – including smallpox – […]

    Apr 08, 2015 | Guest Author

    Local Health Department Preparedness and Response to Ebola in the United States

    Local health departments are playing a leading role in response to potential Ebola cases in the United States. They are working with state and federal counterparts and local stakeholders including hospitals, law enforcement, and emergency medical systems. Their goal is to ensure that individuals at risk for Ebola are monitored according to CDC guidance and symptomatic individuals are quickly...

    Apr 01, 2015 | Guest Author

    Epidemiology and Surveillance Training Courses Available

    A number of new training courses in public health surveillance and epidemiology are available now to help public health professionals ensure their continued knowledge and expertise in disease control and prevention measures. Public health professionals are constantly faced with epidemics and disease outbreaks, both infectious and noninfectious, acute and chronic; officials in all state, county,...

    Mar 23, 2015 | Guest Author

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