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Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments...
“What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners...
Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup September Report
The Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its September call on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 2 PM Eastern Time....
Sep 29, 2014 | Frances Bevington
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup August Report
The Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its first call of NACCHO’s fiscal year on Tuesday, August 12, 2014...
Sep 02, 2014 | Frances Bevington
CDC Releases Interim Lab Guidance and Other Ebola Resources
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released several resources yesterday to provide guidance and information to...
Aug 07, 2014 | Frances Bevington
NPHIC Toolkit Available for National Immunization Awareness Month in August
The National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) has assembled a communications toolkit with resources from CDC and other...
Jul 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup June Report
The Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its monthly call on Thursday, June 5. This was the first monthly call...
Jul 14, 2014 | Frances Bevington
EPA Releases Clean Power Plan Proposal to Regulate Carbon Emissions from Power Plants
On June 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Clean Power Plan, a proposal to reduce carbon emissions from...
Jun 02, 2014 | Frances Bevington
CDC Media Briefing: Update on MERS Testing of Illinois Resident
CDC announced on May 28 through a media briefing that definitive testing on samples from the Illinois individual who was believed to...
May 29, 2014 | Frances Bevington
CDC Press Briefing: Positve Test Result for MERS in Illinois Resident
The contact investigation for the Indiana patient who was the first case of MERS in the United States revealed a positive blood test...
May 19, 2014 | Frances Bevington
Are Preparedness Funding Cuts Impacting the Capability of Local Health Departments to Respond to Global Health Security Threats?“What if there was a case of Ebola in my community?” With the growing outbreak in West Africa, public health preparedness planners across the country are mulling this question as concern grows over the threat posed by Ebola to global health security. This question is inevitably followed up with, “Are we ready?” Sep 30, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup September ReportThe Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its September call on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 2 PM Eastern Time. Ten workgroup members participated in the call. The group discussed its 2014-2015 workplan and finalized the deliverables proposed during the August call. The workgroup discussed three planned abstracts for the 2015 Preparedness Summit and […] Sep 29, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup August ReportThe Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its first call of NACCHO’s fiscal year on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 2 PM Eastern Time. Ten workgroup members participated in the call and two new workgroup members were introduced. The group discussed its 2014-2015 workplan and suggested several activities for the upcoming year, including the […] Sep 02, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
CDC Releases Interim Lab Guidance and Other Ebola ResourcesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released several resources yesterday to provide guidance and information to public health workers and healthcare providers who are preparing for the possibility of testing for or treating Ebola. Among the new resources are the following materials: August 6, 2014: Interim Guidance for Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and […] Aug 07, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
NPHIC Toolkit Available for National Immunization Awareness Month in AugustThe National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) has assembled a communications toolkit with resources from CDC and other organizations for National Immunization Awareness Month in August. The toolkit includes key messages, multimedia, social media messages, infographics, press releases and more. With outbreaks of measles and other vaccine preventable diseases on the rise, increasing... Jul 28, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup June ReportThe Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its monthly call on Thursday, June 5. This was the first monthly call hosted by NACCHO since March, as several members of the group met in person in May to assist the CDC with developing messaging for a antiviral text messaging program and in April to present […] Jul 14, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
EPA Releases Clean Power Plan Proposal to Regulate Carbon Emissions from Power PlantsOn June 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Clean Power Plan, a proposal to reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants over the next fifteen years. Once implemented, the proposed federal regulations would be the first to place limits on carbon emissions from existing power plants. The plan provides leadership and a […] Jun 02, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
CDC Media Briefing: Update on MERS Testing of Illinois ResidentCDC announced on May 28 through a media briefing that definitive testing on samples from the Illinois individual who was believed to have contracted MERS from the Indiana patient have been completed. These test results indicate that this individual was not exposed to MERS during his business meetings with the Indiana patient. CDC stated that, […] May 29, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
CDC Press Briefing: Positve Test Result for MERS in Illinois ResidentThe contact investigation for the Indiana patient who was the first case of MERS in the United States revealed a positive blood test result on May 16 for MERS antibodies in a business associate living in Illinois. The discovery is significant for two reasons. First, the Illinois resident had only mild, cold-like symptoms and CDC […] May 19, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
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