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To understand why certain local health jurisdictions unenroll or never enroll in the Retail Program Standards, the National...
Jan 22, 2021 | Anu Varma
As part of the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ (NACCHO’s) work to support and serve 3,000 local health...
Jan 19, 2021 | Anu Varma
A recent study in PLOS One describes knowledge, attitudes, and acceptability of HCV treatment among people living with HCV in the New...
Jan 06, 2021 | Julia Zigman
LHDs lead a coordinated response to the syndemic of hepatitis, HIV and other STIs, and substance use at the local level, but limited...
Dec 29, 2020 | Kat Kelley
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released the 2020 National Preparedness Report.
Dec 22, 2020 | Beth Hess
A paper today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) describes the first US case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae harboring a...
Dec 17, 2020 | Julia Zigman
CDC epidemiologists have published the first comprehensive estimates of the burden of waterborne disease in the United States, showing...
Dec 15, 2020 | Guest Author
This new assessment provides an overview of the progress the nation made in meeting the Healthy People 2020 objectives’ targets at the...
Dec 07, 2020 | Andrea Grenadier
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
To understand why certain local health jurisdictions unenroll or never enroll in the Retail Program Standards, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) conducted a study in 2020.
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 has been 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.
A recent study in PLOS One describes knowledge, attitudes, and acceptability of HCV treatment among people living with HCV in the New York City (NYC) jail system.
LHDs lead a coordinated response to the syndemic of hepatitis, HIV and other STIs, and substance use at the local level, but limited funding, staffing challenges, and the COVID-19 pandemic impact LHDs’ ability to prevent and ultimately eliminate viral hepatitis.
A paper today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) describes the first US case of Neisseria gonorrhoeae harboring a genetic element that confers resistance to a first-line antibiotic.
CDC epidemiologists have published the first comprehensive estimates of the burden of waterborne disease in the United States, showing that every year, diseases that spread through water cause 7.15 million illnesses and 6,630 deaths, and cost our healthcare system more than $3.3 billion.
This new assessment provides an overview of the progress the nation made in meeting the Healthy People 2020 objectives’ targets at the end of the decade, including breakdowns by topic area and population subgroups.
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.
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