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NACCHO’s activation in this pandemic has been elevated to a Level 3 (highest) and a full Incident Command Structure (ICS) has been...
Apr 03, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) announces its Call for Nominations for the position of Vice...
Mar 10, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
The work of public health is often invisible. It is only when there is a disaster or outbreak that the safety net of public health...
Feb 20, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on...
Jan 30, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
What a year 2019 was! At times it seemed like a non-stop roller coaster with plenty of hills and valleys for public health along the...
Dec 20, 2019 | Taylarr Lopez
Data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show STDs have surged for the fifth consecutive year,...
Oct 10, 2019 | Taylarr Lopez
NACCHO has released the following statement in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) newly released 2017...
Sep 10, 2019 | Taylarr Lopez
Smoke-free multi-unit housing benefits residents and property owners. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...
Jul 17, 2018 | Taylarr Lopez
Jul 13, 2018 | Taylarr Lopez
NACCHO’s activation in this pandemic has been elevated to a Level 3 (highest) and a full Incident Command Structure (ICS) has been activated.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) announces its Call for Nominations for the position of Vice President. Every year, NACCHO holds elections for positions on its Board of Directors; for the year 2020-2021, the open position is Vice President. The Vice President will serve a four-year term beginning as Vice-President, then President-elect, […]
The work of public health is often invisible. It is only when there is a disaster or outbreak that the safety net of public health becomes apparent. In our daily lives, we rarely consider the safety of the food we eat, the air we breathe, or the water we drink. But our nation’s public health system […]
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on Groundhog Day, spring is on its way and summer won’t be far behind. Along with beach trips and backyard barbecues, summer also brings environmental health risks from mosquitoes and ticks, recreational water activities, extreme heat, […]
What a year 2019 was! At times it seemed like a non-stop roller coaster with plenty of hills and valleys for public health along the way. NACCHO’s government affairs team was there at every turn, advocating for public health and local health departments. Here is a recap to take a look at where we have been and where we are headed in 2020. Public Health Funding As always, one of NACCHO’s […]
Data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show STDs have surged for the fifth consecutive year, reaching an all-time high in the U.S. These dangerous trends in chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis show no sign of slowing and affect millions of lives each year in the United States.
NACCHO has released the following statement in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) newly released 2017 Annual Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report. The report reveals that rates of acute hepatitis A (HAV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) infection in the U.S. continue to rise.
Smoke-free multi-unit housing benefits residents and property owners. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires every public housing agency to implement a smoke-free policy by July 2018. Local health departments play a key role in working with public housing agencies to prepare, implement, educate, enforce, and evaluate smoke-free housing policies.
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