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Apr 10, 2024 | Shannon Duffy
On this week's episode: New Changes to WIC Program and Local Health Officer Discusses Overdose Crisis in America
Apr 19, 2024
A recent CDC study demonstrates a need for LHDs and other local harm reduction programs to ensure they are engaging people who smoke...
Mar 14, 2024 | Kat Kelley, Anjana Rao, Grace Murtha
NACCHO has awarded nearly $350,000 in funding to seven Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) pilot projects to help address the overdose...
Feb 05, 2024
Local health departments and their community partners have been the driving force behind the IOPSLL program as their teams work...
Dec 05, 2023
On July 28th, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a second naloxone nasal spray for over the counter (OTC) use.
Aug 10, 2023
On July 19, the House Energy and Commerce full committee met to markup 15 pieces of legislation recently passed by the Subcommittee on...
Jul 27, 2023 | Lluvia Botello
Over the past several weeks, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra testified in three different...
Mar 31, 2023 | Katie Ghougasian, Lauren Mastroberardino
On Wednesday, February 15, the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on Health...
Feb 17, 2023 | Lluvia Botello, Kerry Allen
A recent CDC study demonstrates a need for LHDs and other local harm reduction programs to ensure they are engaging people who smoke drugs to offer naloxone as well as overdose prevention and response messaging and education.
NACCHO has awarded nearly $350,000 in funding to seven Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) pilot projects to help address the overdose crisis in their communities.
Local health departments and their community partners have been the driving force behind the IOPSLL program as their teams work diligently to prevent overdoses and advance the health and safety of people who use drugs in their community every day. NACCHO is proud to share the ways in which these local health departments have utilized their IOPSLL funding to prevent and respond to overdose.
On July 19, the House Energy and Commerce full committee met to markup 15 pieces of legislation recently passed by the Subcommittee on Health in a hearing titled, “Full Committee Markup of Health Bills.”
Over the past several weeks, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra testified in three different congressional hearings on the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 HHS Budget Request.
On Wednesday, February 15, the House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Subcommittee on Health held a joint field hearing in Weslaco, TX titled, “President Biden’s Border Crisis is a Public Health Crisis.”
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Mar 23, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
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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...
Oct 16, 2023
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