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Bipartisan Group of House and Senate Committee Leaders: “Vaccines Save Lives”
On February 21, 2017, a bipartisan group of Senate and House health committee leaders sent colleagues a letter to highlight the...
Feb 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Foreign Cyber Threats: 2017 Joint Statement Now Online
The Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security recently posted a digital version of the January 5, 2017 Joint...
Feb 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman
The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance
By Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or...
Aug 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers
When Professional Advocacy Work Becomes Personal
Apr 06, 2016 | NacchoVoice
Senate Confirms New FDA Commissioner
The United States Senate voted at the end of February to confirm Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug...
Mar 08, 2016 | Katie Regan
Congress to Decide Funding for Public Health Emergencies
The following article was originally published in Domestic Preparedness. View the original article here. By Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, MD,...
Sep 28, 2015 | NacchoVoice
Looking Back to Move Forward: An Interview with Dr. Rahul Gupta
This is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Dr. Rahul...
Mar 25, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr.
Andrew Roszak, NACCHO Senior Director, Honored with Pillars of Public Health Award
Andrew Roszak, Senior Director for Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response at NACCHO, has been selected...
Jan 05, 2015 | Katie Regan
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group June Report
The Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on June 11. The workgroup welcomed new member Norbert Archibeque,...
Jun 19, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon
Bipartisan Group of House and Senate Committee Leaders: “Vaccines Save Lives”On February 21, 2017, a bipartisan group of Senate and House health committee leaders sent colleagues a letter to highlight the importance of immunizations, saying: “Vaccines save lives.” The letter was signed by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairman Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Health […] Feb 21, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Foreign Cyber Threats: 2017 Joint Statement Now OnlineThe Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security recently posted a digital version of the January 5, 2017 Joint Statement for the Record to the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding Foreign Cyber Threats to the United States. This online overview is formatted as a microsite and includes an introductory page, the joint statement featured […] Feb 09, 2017 | Anastasia Sonneman |
The PATH to Combatting Antimicrobial ResistanceBy Natalie Mulloy, NACCHO Government Affairs Intern According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing health challenges in our nation. Antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance occurs when microbes are able to spread despite the treatment of drugs, placing individuals at high risk for death. Recently, an […] Aug 05, 2016 | Kim Rodgers |
When Professional Advocacy Work Becomes PersonalApr 06, 2016 | NacchoVoice |
Senate Confirms New FDA CommissionerThe United States Senate voted at the end of February to confirm Robert Califf as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Califf, a cardiologist and academic researcher, received overwhelming support from an often divided Senate; the vote was 89 to 4. Califf, who was nominated by President Obama in September 2015 […] Mar 08, 2016 | Katie Regan |
Congress to Decide Funding for Public Health EmergenciesThe following article was originally published in Domestic Preparedness. View the original article here. By Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, NACCHO Federal spending on public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery has been falling since 2005, and Congress is now considering how much to spend in the 2016 fiscal year. The final spending figure […] Sep 28, 2015 | NacchoVoice |
Looking Back to Move Forward: An Interview with Dr. Rahul GuptaThis is part of a series of interviews with local health department staff who will present at the 2015 Preparedness Summit. Dr. Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, West Virginia State Health Officer and Commissioner for the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health, previews his workshop, West Virginia Water Crisis – A Look Back: Moving Forward to […] Mar 25, 2015 | Geoffrey Mwaungulu, Jr. |
Andrew Roszak, NACCHO Senior Director, Honored with Pillars of Public Health AwardAndrew Roszak, Senior Director for Environmental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Catastrophic Response at NACCHO, has been selected to receive a 2015 “Pillars of Public Health Award” from the City of El Paso Department of Public Health. NACCHO congratulates Roszak on this honor. “The mission of NACCHO is to be a leader, partner, catalyst and voice […] Jan 05, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Preparedness Policy Advisory Group June ReportThe Preparedness Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) held its monthly call on June 11. The workgroup welcomed new member Norbert Archibeque, Bureau Chief for Health & Emergency Preparedness at the New Mexico Department of Health to the group. During the June call, the group had an information update on the 2013 Network Profile of the Medical […] Jun 19, 2014 | Nicole Dunifon |
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