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Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Public Health
Human health is directly affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, and heat; it is also indirectly...
Oct 07, 2014 | Chris Mills
Department of Housing and Urban Development Launches $1 Billion National Disaster...
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro launched a $1 billion National Disaster Resilience...
Sep 19, 2014 | Admin
EPA Extends Comment Period for Clean Power Plan Proposal
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it would extend the comment period on the Clean Power Plan (CPP) until...
Sep 16, 2014 | Katie Regan
The Implications for Public Health when “Weird Weather” becomes the New Normal
Sep 16, 2014 | Guest Author
Public Health Preparedness in the 21st Century: Local Health Departments’ Role in...
September is National Preparedness Month. Visit NACCHO’s Preparedness Brief blog for more local public health preparedness news,...
Sep 11, 2014 | NacchoVoice
NACCHO Releases Report on Climate Change Preparedness at the Local Level
NACCHO and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication recently conducted a study to gain a greater...
Sep 04, 2014 | Lisa Brown
CDC Releases Guide for Assessing Health Vulnerability to Climate Change
CDC recently released the report, Assessing Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Guide for Health Departments. This report...
Aug 12, 2014 | Lisa Brown
Report: The Cost of Delaying Action to Stem Climate Change
On July 29, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report on the economic consequences of delaying action on greenhouse gas...
Jul 30, 2014 | Erin Roberts
Climate Change and Human Health: Impacts, Vulnerability, and Public HealthHuman health is directly affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, and heat; it is also indirectly affected through increased transmission and geographic expansion of diseases spread by insects, compromised air, water, and food quality. For example, bacterial counts in the water surrounding coastal communities tend to spike dramatically following heavy rainfall. Not... Oct 07, 2014 | Chris Mills |
Department of Housing and Urban Development Launches $1 Billion National Disaster Resilience CompetitionU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro launched a $1 billion National Disaster Resilience Competition in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation on Sept. 17. The National Disaster Resilience Competition makes $1 billion available to communities that have been struck by natural disasters in recent years. The competition promotes risk assessment and planning... Sep 19, 2014 | Admin |
EPA Extends Comment Period for Clean Power Plan ProposalThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it would extend the comment period on the Clean Power Plan (CPP) until Dec. 1, 2014. Last week, a bi-partisan group of 53 senators formally requested an extension of 60 days due to the “complexity and magnitude of the proposed rule.” The EPA provided an additional 45 […] Sep 16, 2014 | Katie Regan |
The Implications for Public Health when “Weird Weather” becomes the New NormalSep 16, 2014 | Guest Author |
Public Health Preparedness in the 21st Century: Local Health Departments’ Role in Global Health SecuritySeptember is National Preparedness Month. Visit NACCHO’s Preparedness Brief blog for more local public health preparedness news, tools, and resources. By Laura Biesiadecki, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Outreach, and Education, Preparedness, NACCHO “Our vision is a world safe and secure from global health threats posed by infectious diseases—where we can prevent or mitigate the impact of... Sep 11, 2014 | NacchoVoice |
NACCHO Releases Report on Climate Change Preparedness at the Local LevelNACCHO and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication recently conducted a study to gain a greater understanding of public health preparedness for climate change at the local level. NACCHO has published these findings in the report Are We Ready? Report 2: Preparing for the Public Health Challenges of Climate Change. Key highlights […] Sep 04, 2014 | Lisa Brown |
CDC Releases Guide for Assessing Health Vulnerability to Climate ChangeCDC recently released the report, Assessing Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Guide for Health Departments. This report provides guidance for health departments on how to assess local vulnerabilities to health hazards associated with climate change. In this guidance document, CDC identified five key steps involved in conducting a climate and health vulnerability assessments: 1) […] Aug 12, 2014 | Lisa Brown |
Report: The Cost of Delaying Action to Stem Climate ChangeOn July 29, the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) released a report on the economic consequences of delaying action on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). One major finding: based on the field’s leading aggregate damage estimate, a policy delay that results in global warming of 3º Celsius over pre-industrial levels, could increase economic damages by 0.9% […] Jul 30, 2014 | Erin Roberts |
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