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Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative strategies for engaging with rural communities to collaboratively identify environmental health needs!

The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative...

Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

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Cyber Threats Pose a Public Health Risk – A Public-Private Partnership Prescription 

In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, learn about new and evolving threats.

Oct 13, 2023

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RFA: Statewide Association Performance Improvement Training and Technical Assistance Support

This opportunity will advance the ability and role of statewide or state-level public health associations /...

Sep 22, 2023 | Bianca Lawrence

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Senate Appropriations Committee Advances Labor-HHS Funding Bill

On July 27, the Senate Appropriations Committee considered the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services,...

Jul 28, 2023 | Lauren Mastroberardino

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  • HIV, STI, & Viral Hepatitis

This Week in HIV: PrEP Saves, Stigma Kills

July 16 marked the 11th anniversary of the FDA’s approval of PrEP for HIV prevention, a biomedical intervention that’s...

Jul 26, 2023

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Dr. Pramōd Dwivedī Is President of the National Association of County and City Health Officials

NACCHO, representing the country’s nearly 3,000 local health departments, has installed Pramōd Dwivedī , DrPH, Health...

Jul 24, 2023 | NacchoVoice

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NACCHO Board Member Discusses Funding Challenges in Congressional Briefing

On June 20, NACCHO Board member Krista Wasowski, the Health Officer for Medina County, OH, served as a featured...

Jun 30, 2023 | Lluvia Botello

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  • Community Health
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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

On June 13, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a legislative hearing entitled, “Legislative...

Jun 16, 2023 | Lucas Coyle, Adriane Casalotti

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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing Assesses CDC

On June 7, the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held a hearing titled, “Looking...

Jun 09, 2023 | Lluvia Botello

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House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Public Health Security Threats

On May 11, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a legislative hearing entitled, "Preparing for and...

May 19, 2023 | Lluvia Botello

Partner Articles

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The EPA’s Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local...

Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

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Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November...

Oct 16, 2023

Join Novavax for a Webinar About Their New Covid-19...

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  • Community Engagement

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

Celebrate with us!

Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

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BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

Calhoun
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  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

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Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

NACCHO’s Immunization team has developed the School-Located Vaccination Clinic...

Aug 31, 2023 | Kayla Miller, PHAP

Getting into the Groove: School-Located Vaccination...

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  • Tools & Resources
  • Community Health Assessment and Improvement Planning
  • Community Engagement
  • Healthy People 2030

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

To help address the social determinants of health and advance health equity,...

Aug 14, 2023 | Andrea Grenadier

New Resource: A Guide to Aligning Healthy People 2030...

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  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

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  • Community Engagement
  • Community Resilience
  • Immunization
  • Vaccine Hesitancy

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted what we already know to be true: higher-risk...

Aug 10, 2023 | Dominique Baradaran, MSM, Interim Chief of Community Health, Oklahoma City- County Health Department

Community health workers meet people where they are to...

Brownsville
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Aug 07, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Brownsville

Cook County
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 31, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cook County

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  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • ID Featured
  • Infection, Prevention, and Control

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated...

Jul 24, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Cameron County

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Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.
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