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Apr 10, 2024 | Shannon Duffy
Attend the 2019 Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet East Coast Regional Meeting to be held on January 15-17, 2019 in Tampa, FL. This meeting...
Oct 16, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Please see the statement below from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Among those in Hurricane Michael’s path in the...
Oct 11, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Center for Health in the Human Ecosystem hosts the annual Biology of Vector-borne Diseases six-day course. This course provides...
Oct 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Note: This is the third edition of NACCHO’s new Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. Learn more here. Submit a...
Oct 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Marie Smith and Dylan Williams, NACCHO Interns Vector-borne diseases (e.g., Zika virus, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease) are a...
Oct 03, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO’s Injury and Violence Prevention team, along with support from CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention, is sharing five stories...
Oct 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is partnering with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to present two...
Sep 27, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The following statement is from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D: The FDA is issuing a request...
Attend the 2019 Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet East Coast Regional Meeting to be held on January 15-17, 2019 in Tampa, FL. This meeting will bring together laboratorians, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response. Issues discussed will include surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric diseases. Combined and...
Please see the statement below from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Among those in Hurricane Michael’s path in the Southeast U.S. are farmers and their fields of crops grown for human consumption. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has several resources to help growers who may be […]
The Center for Health in the Human Ecosystem hosts the annual Biology of Vector-borne Diseases six-day course. This course provides accessible, condensed training and “knowledge networking” for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, new faculty and current professionals to ensure competency in basic biology, cutting edge technology and tools, expertise and resources for...
Note: This is the third edition of NACCHO’s new Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. Learn more here. Submit a question here. October 2018 Dear Greener Guidance, Our city has a rat problem, and despite our best efforts it’s not getting any better. What are some new and innovative solutions we can try? – Reining in the […]
By Marie Smith and Dylan Williams, NACCHO Interns Vector-borne diseases (e.g., Zika virus, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease) are a concern to many Americans, spreading among the population through mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and other vectors. The mosquitoes and ticks that spread disease are highly mobile creatures that are able to reproduce rapidly. As vector-borne […]
NACCHO’s Injury and Violence Prevention team, along with support from CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention, is sharing five stories of health departments engaged in projects based on the the Essentials for Childhood Framework. The framework calls for creating safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children, with the aim to prevent child abuse and […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is partnering with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to present two National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards Self-Assessment and Verification Audit Workshops in April and July 2019. The April workshop will be held on April 23-25, 2019 in Denver, CO. Register for the Denver workshop. The July workshop […]
The following statement is from U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D: The FDA is issuing a request for information as it examines its approach to the use of dairy food names like “milk,” “cheese,” or “yogurt” in the labeling of plant-based foods and beverages. Earlier this year, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb […]
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Registration is now open for NACCHO’s in-person Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) 2.0 training series.
Mar 23, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...
Mar 08, 2024
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
Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...
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