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The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Cyanobacteria Assessment Network mobile application (CyAN app) is an...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In December 2018, NACCHO released the 2018 Preparedness Profile, which describes the landscape of public health emergency preparedness...
Jun 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Pediatricians play an important role in communicating with state and local public health entities and electronic health record (EHR)...
May 28, 2019 | Kimberly Sharpe-Scott
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) announced that child care providers and other early learning facilities can...
Mar 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The opioid overdose epidemic in America continues to evolve and become more complex. States, territories, and localities need access...
Feb 11, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) received a letter from CDC’s Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch (EDLB)...
Jan 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is now accepting abstracts for APHA’s 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo. The theme of...
Dec 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released...
Dec 14, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in collaboration with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for...
Nov 20, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Cyanobacteria Assessment Network mobile application (CyAN app) is an easy-to-use and customizable app that provides access to algal bloom satellite data for over 2,000 of the largest lakes and reservoirs across the United States. EPA scientists developed the CyAN app to help local and state water quality managers make faster and...
In December 2018, NACCHO released the 2018 Preparedness Profile, which describes the landscape of public health emergency preparedness across the United States. The assessment gathers information about preparedness trends and emerging issues at local health departments (LHDs) to provide an evidence-based foundation for future public health preparedness initiatives. The results of the 2018...
Pediatricians play an important role in communicating with state and local public health entities and electronic health record (EHR) vendors about the functionality needed to help pediatric practices and patients receive the full benefits of use of immunization information systems (IISs) and two-dimensional (2D) barcode scanning and their interaction with EHRs. New from the American […]
The Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) announced that child care providers and other early learning facilities can now apply online to become Eco-Healthy Child Care® endorsed. CEHN also upgraded their website to include a map of endorsed facilities making it easier for families to find an Eco-Healthy Child Care® early learning facility within their local community. […]
The opioid overdose epidemic in America continues to evolve and become more complex. States, territories, and localities need access to complete and timely data on nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses to understand the scope and direction of the evolving overdose epidemic. Given the need for an interdisciplinary, comprehensive, and cohesive public health approach, the Centers […]
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) received a letter from CDC’s Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch (EDLB) regarding the following updates and modifications to the timeline for implementation of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for PulseNet. Updates: As of January 3, 2019, up to 24 laboratories have either started the process or have finished the BioNumerics […]
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is now accepting abstracts for APHA’s 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo. The theme of the meeting is Creating the Healthiest Nation: For science. For action. For health. Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts on the theme and current and emerging public health issues. Abstracts are due February 19-23, depending on […]
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a call for applications for a new funding opportunity to support environmental public health departments engaged in climate and health initiatives. NEHA will offer two grants of up to $10,000 each to support state, local or tribal […]
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), in collaboration with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), recently conducted a needs assessment of local health department and healthcare cybersecurity preparedness to better understand the gaps and challenges that impedes cybersecurity preparedness planning. Major gaps included lack of...
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