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This past week, multiple racially motivated violent attacks took place across the country. These hate crimes include a gunman who...
May 18, 2022 | Andrea Grenadier
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their 2020 Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance Report which...
Apr 12, 2022 | Theresa Spinner
As the voice of the nearly 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) across the country, the National Association of County and City...
Apr 01, 2022 | Victoria Thompson, Katherine Waters, Jasmine Akuffo, Hassanatu Blake
HIV, STI, Viral Hepatitis, and Harm Reduction Digest: March 3, 2022
Mar 03, 2022
— The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the country’s nearly 3,000 local health...
Jan 19, 2022 | Johanna Segovia
CDC’s Partnering for Vaccine Equity Program has developed a vaccine resource hub to support individuals and organizations working to...
Jan 18, 2022 | Beth Hess
A new report from CDC highlights worsening HIV disparities by race among gay and bisexual men. Improving access to and use of HIV...
Dec 01, 2021 | Julia Zigman
World AIDS Day is honored annually on December 1 to increase HIV awareness, destigmatize the status, and serve as a marker of...
Dec 01, 2021 | Jas Florentino
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an update to the Blood Lead Reference Value (BLRV) from 5.0 micrograms per...
Oct 28, 2021
This past week, multiple racially motivated violent attacks took place across the country. These hate crimes include a gunman who killed 10 people and wounded three at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, NY, a killer who targeted Taiwanese worshipers at a church in Laguna Woods, CA, and another shooter who targeted those at an Asian-run hair salon in Dallas, TX.
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their 2020 Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance Report which looks at STD infection rates in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the voice of the nearly 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) across the country, the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO) portfolio consists of a breadth of projects in which racial health equity is an aim of program planning and implementation across public health domains.
— The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the country’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, is pleased to announce new funding awards to support scale-up of existing cardiovascular disease prevention programs in communities with high chronic disease burden, and health inequities and disparities.
CDC’s Partnering for Vaccine Equity Program has developed a vaccine resource hub to support individuals and organizations working to increase adult vaccinations across all communities and especially those experiencing racial and ethnic disparities.
A new report from CDC highlights worsening HIV disparities by race among gay and bisexual men. Improving access to and use of HIV services for men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly Black MSM, Hispanic/Latino MSM, and younger MSM, is essential to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States.
World AIDS Day is honored annually on December 1 to increase HIV awareness, destigmatize the status, and serve as a marker of collective experiences that have impacted, and by their own will, empowered the community of individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an update to the Blood Lead Reference Value (BLRV) from 5.0 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL) to 3.5 (μg/dL) in children.
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NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...
Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
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