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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
White House Introduces Climate Change Initiatives, including CDC Climate Change...
As part of the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan, the Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience was established in...
Jul 17, 2014 | Erin Roberts
Summer Internships at NACCHO
Did you know that NACCHO has internship positions year round? Every fall, spring, and summer, NACCHO recruits and selects a handful of...
Jun 27, 2014 | Chris Mills
Dengue: Will there be another mosquito-borne virus establishing itself in the...
Dengue (pronounced “den-gee” – with a hard “g”) virus was first identified in the 1950’s in Africa and Asia. It is now being seen in...
Jun 25, 2014 | Guest Author
Climate Change Planning at Benton County Health Services
Benton County Health Services is as an example of how to incorporate climate change planning at the County level. The Public Health...
Jun 20, 2014 | Alyson Jordan
All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California Wildfires
Southern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were...
Jun 17, 2014 | Admin
White House Releases Report on Climate Change Health Impacts
Coming on the heels of the release of the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) and the June 2 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Jun 10, 2014 | Erin Roberts
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 |
White House Introduces Climate Change Initiatives, including CDC Climate Change Health Vulnerability AssessmentAs part of the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan, the Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience was established in November 2013 to provide guidance on how the federal government should respond to the impacts of climate change. In light of early feedback from the task force, the White House has introduced 12 actions that will […] Jul 17, 2014 | Erin Roberts |
Summer Internships at NACCHODid you know that NACCHO has internship positions year round? Every fall, spring, and summer, NACCHO recruits and selects a handful of talented students or recent graduates to learn about local public health and refine their professional skill sets. Interns are assigned to a specific team with a subject matter area of focus, which allows […] Jun 27, 2014 | Chris Mills |
Dengue: Will there be another mosquito-borne virus establishing itself in the continental United States?Dengue (pronounced “den-gee” – with a hard “g”) virus was first identified in the 1950’s in Africa and Asia. It is now being seen in almost all regions of the world. The virus causes a disease that is characterized by a high fever accompanied by two or more of the following: a severe headache; severe eye pain; join pain; muscle and/or bone pain; rash; and/or mild bleeding. The person with this... Jun 25, 2014 | Guest Author |
Climate Change Planning at Benton County Health ServicesBenton County Health Services is as an example of how to incorporate climate change planning at the County level. The Public Health Preparedness Planner used already existing partnerships and planning skills to develop the Climate Change Health Adaptation Plan. Jun 20, 2014 | Alyson Jordan |
All-Hazards Preparedness in Responding to the California WildfiresSouthern California continues to recover from over a dozen wildfires across San Diego County occurring in mid-May. The fires were fueled by drought conditions, unusually high temperatures, and strong Santa Ana winds—hot, dry gusts of wind that can turn small fires or mechanical sparks into blazing infernos. As a result of 14 fires, about 26,000 […] Jun 17, 2014 | Admin |
White House Releases Report on Climate Change Health ImpactsComing on the heels of the release of the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) and the June 2 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carbon pollution standards, the White House has released a report entitled, “The Health Impacts of Climate Change on Americans.” Echoing the NCA’s scientific findings, the report delivers a message of responsible planet stewardship […] Jun 10, 2014 | Erin Roberts |
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