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On April 1, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released a statement on its drug policy priorities, which...
Apr 07, 2021 | Kat Kelley
This issue of NACCHO Exchange highlights the work that local health departments and other public health agencies are doing to examine...
Mar 16, 2021 | Sristy Acharya
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released the HHS Maternal Health Action Plan to reduce maternal deaths...
Dec 19, 2020 | Adelaide Appiah
Kaiser Family Foundation and the Morehouse School of Medicine’s Satcher Health Leadership Institute hosted a web briefing that...
Dec 17, 2020 | Shalesha Majors
December 6-12 is National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) in the United States. NIVW is observed to remind people that there is...
Dec 11, 2020 | Amy Frandsen
The 2020 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change was released this week, which contains key findings on challenges...
Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo
As part of the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO’s) work to support and serve 3,000 local health...
Oct 15, 2020 | Anu Varma
The Warmth of Other Suns shares incredible stories of Black Americans who left the south during the Great Migration and came up north,...
Oct 14, 2020 | Emily Yox
Pregnant people have been largely invisible in efforts to better manage harm to human health from the increasing number of...
Oct 08, 2020 | Guest Author
On April 1, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released a statement on its drug policy priorities, which reflect a remarkable shift from the punitive approach of the past, by focusing on harm reduction and treatment and addressing social determinants of health such as racism, housing, and employment.
This issue of NACCHO Exchange highlights the work that local health departments and other public health agencies are doing to examine the root causes of health inequity and address social injustices that impact public health outcomes.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released the HHS Maternal Health Action Plan to reduce maternal deaths and disparities that put birthing people at risk before, during, and following pregnancy.
Kaiser Family Foundation and the Morehouse School of Medicine’s Satcher Health Leadership Institute hosted a web briefing that discussed strategies for addressing systemic racial discrimination in the health care system, as well as how to meet the moment to earn trust among individuals and communities as COVID-19 vaccines come to market.
December 6-12 is National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) in the United States. NIVW is observed to remind people that there is still time and it is still important to get an influenza (flu) vaccine.
The 2020 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change was released this week, which contains key findings on challenges and opportunities in the U.S., along with policy recommendations.
As part of the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO’s) work to support and serve 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) in the United States, NACCHO will be releasing a bi-weekly blog consisting of an up-to-date collection of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resources for our members working at the intersection of environmental health and COVID-19.
The Warmth of Other Suns shares incredible stories of Black Americans who left the south during the Great Migration and came up north, where they envisioned a life without the constraints of Jim Crow.
Pregnant people have been largely invisible in efforts to better manage harm to human health from the increasing number of hotter-than-usual days and nights, and worsening heat waves across U.S. cities and counties. This is a problem.
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Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
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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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