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Climate Interactive interviewed the leaders of ten initiatives that are innovating in ways the improve health and protect the climate,...
Mar 12, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
A recording is now available from a National Environmental Health Association webinar on “Using Tracking Data to Inform Health...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released an online statistical resource that for the first time provides...
Mar 07, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the 2017 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards...
Mar 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
AIDSVu has released the first-ever interactive state-level maps visualizing a 73 percent increase year over year in persons using...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released several guidance documents related to the Nutrition Facts label final rule,...
Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The February/March 2018 edition of the Food Safety Magazine is now available online. This issue includes articles and columns on...
ASTHO released a new report on The State of Health in All Policies. Between July and October 2016, ASTHO’s Health in All Policies...
Feb 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the CRC eTool, a new tool for epidemiologists and other public...
Feb 23, 2018 | Raymond Puerini
Climate Interactive interviewed the leaders of ten initiatives that are innovating in ways the improve health and protect the climate, often while saving money. Their findings on what is possible and how it can be accomplished are presented in the report: Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate: Lessons From Success Stories. With a […]
A recording is now available from a National Environmental Health Association webinar on “Using Tracking Data to Inform Health Impact Assessments.” The webinar showcases three Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) that used data from the Environmental Public Health Tracking portals to inform the process. Speakers also discussed the HIA Tracking toolkit that enables environmental health...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released an online statistical resource that for the first time provides county-level comparisons of hospitalization rates for substance use, including opioids, alcohol, stimulants and other drugs. The resource draws from the agency’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) – the nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital data,...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the 2017 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards), which define the key elements of an effective retail food regulatory program for state, local, tribal, and territorial food regulatory agencies. The Retail Program Standards provide recommendations for designing and managing these retail...
AIDSVu has released the first-ever interactive state-level maps visualizing a 73 percent increase year over year in persons using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) across the U.S. from 2012 to 2016, with 77,120 PrEP users in 2016. PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is when people at high risk for HIV take HIV medicine daily to lower their chances of getting […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released several guidance documents related to the Nutrition Facts label final rule, including a final guidance explaining how the FDA evaluates the scientific evidence supporting citizen petitions to add certain isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates to the regulatory definition of dietary fiber. This final science review guidance will...
The February/March 2018 edition of the Food Safety Magazine is now available online. This issue includes articles and columns on social responsibility, sprout safety, supply chain, allergen control, and more. Read the issue here.
ASTHO released a new report on The State of Health in All Policies. Between July and October 2016, ASTHO’s Health in All Policies (HiAP) team interviewed representatives from nine states (California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont) to discuss their HiAP initiatives. For each case study, background information, drivers behind...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the CRC eTool, a new tool for epidemiologists and other public health professionals to use following a radiation emergency. A radiation incident affecting a large population will require local response authorities to establish one or more population monitoring and decontamination facilities to assess people for radiation...
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