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The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) released three new cannabis-infused product (CIP) tools. All resources are free...
Aug 03, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking the country’s progress in...
Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) released two new videos on biomonitoring and environmental health testing: What...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tasked large metropolitan regions with delivering medication to the public within...
Jul 31, 2018
Keep Calm and Carry On to School: Improving Arrival and Dismissal for Walking and Biking is a new infobrief from the Safe Routes to...
Jul 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the second of a four-section...
Jul 25, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has posted two new policy statements that were approved by its board of directors...
Jul 23, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Delivering HIV Prevention and Care to Transgender People, the latest CME/CEU from CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention/Act Against...
Jul 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
On average, 100 Americans die every single day as a result of opioid overdose. The opioid crisis has gotten so bad that the federal...
Jul 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) released three new cannabis-infused product (CIP) tools. All resources are free and easily accessible on NEHA’s website here. The NEHA Food Safety Policy Statement Workgroup and the Cannabis Advisory Committee provided expertise and insights for these products. The Cannabis 101: Glossary of Terms details over 60 definitions and concepts...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking the country’s progress in improving air quality since the passage of the Clean Air Act. The report, “Our Nation’s Air: Status and Trends Through 2017,” documents the considerable improvements in air quality across America over more than 45 years. Between 1990 […]
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) released two new videos on biomonitoring and environmental health testing: What is biomonitoring? Biomonitoring is the process of testing people for chemicals in their body to determine how exposure might impact their health. But what exactly does that mean? How are public health and environmental health laboratories involved? […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tasked large metropolitan regions with delivering medication to the public within 48 hours after notification of a biological emergency event. Dispense Assist supports public health agencies with accomplishing this mission by providing an online screening tool that allows users to generate vouchers for medication. For more information […]
Keep Calm and Carry On to School: Improving Arrival and Dismissal for Walking and Biking is a new infobrief from the Safe Routes to School National Partnership. The brief provides information on how schools, districts, cities, counties, and community partners can address arrival and dismissal in school travel plans as well as other planning, policy, […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic Stewardship has launched the second of a four-section web-based training course on Antibiotic Stewardship, each section of which will be released in 2018. This section is comprised of four modules that will cover: What we know about outpatient antibiotic use in the United States Cases […]
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has posted two new policy statements that were approved by its board of directors at the 2018 NEHA Annual Education Conference in June. You can also find additional policy statements in food, cannabis, water, vector control, and climate change. The new policy statements cover ear piercing guns and microblading. […]
Delivering HIV Prevention and Care to Transgender People, the latest CME/CEU from CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention/Act Against AIDS initiative, shares the latest information on HIV prevention and care for transgender people, as well as strategies that health care providers can implement in their practices to help make clinical environments more welcoming to transgender people. […]
On average, 100 Americans die every single day as a result of opioid overdose. The opioid crisis has gotten so bad that the federal government has labeled it a public health emergency. To address this serious issue, state and local agencies are turning to GIS technology. For example, by integrating GIS into their opioid strategy, […]
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