Local Health Departments Reflect on the Impacts of PHEP Funding Cuts

This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

May 24, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • “Not if, but When”: Experts Share Latest Zika Response Activities

    By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Representatives from major public health organizations addressed attendees at...

    May 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • 2016 National Preparedness Index Results Released

    The 2016 National Preparedness Index Results were released this week. The Index is an annual assessment of the nation’s health...

    Apr 28, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness Planning

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus Disease

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Mar 04, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • ASPR TRACIE Releases New Zika Resource

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s TRACIE team released a new document entitled, “Zika:...

    Mar 01, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • Strengthening Infection Control to Prevent and Contain the Next Outbreak

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...

    Feb 03, 2016 | Mary Hodges

  • 23 Agencies Achieve Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) Recognition

    NACCHO’s Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) recognized 30 local and regional health agencies for their ability to plan for, respond...

    Jan 28, 2016 | Madison Ferraro

  • Water Contamination in Flint, MI, and Lead Poisoning Resources

    Lead poisoning has been in the headlines lately, given the environmental health crisis going on in Flint, MI. The city’s water...

    Jan 21, 2016 | Katie Regan

  • Local Health Departments Reflect on the Impacts of PHEP Funding Cuts

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. As the nation mobilizes for a looming Zika threat, state and local health departments (LHDs) are losing the resources they need to effectively respond to Zika and other emergencies at the community level. In March, after Congress...

    May 24, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    “Not if, but When”: Experts Share Latest Zika Response Activities

    By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO Representatives from major public health organizations addressed attendees at the 2016 Preparedness Summit in a late-breaking session that succinctly addressed the threats of Zika virus disease, as well as the latest scientific information and front-line response activities from both states and the federal government. The numbers growing...

    May 02, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    2016 National Preparedness Index Results Released

    The 2016 National Preparedness Index Results were released this week. The Index is an annual assessment of the nation’s health security and preparedness, measuring how prepared we are for managing an emergency. The United States scored a 6.7 on a 10-point scale for preparedness, an improvement of 3.6 percent since the Index began three years […]

    Apr 28, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Celebrate Spring’s Arrival with Flood Safety Preparedness Planning

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  Though the official start of spring is still a week away, the season’s hallmark rainstorms have already begun to fall and raise the threat of severe flooding across the country. Flooding is a risk any time […]

    Mar 17, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus Disease

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Andrea Grenadier, Communications Specialist, NACCHO If you were writing a popular novel designed to terrify, you could hardly come up with a better plot device than introducing Zika virus disease. A perfect storm of a...

    Mar 04, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    ASPR TRACIE Releases New Zika Resource

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s TRACIE team released a new document entitled, “Zika: Resources at Your Fingertips.” The document provides Zika virus resources and an overview of public health and healthcare system considerations and implications that are applicable to professionals in those systems, emergency management stakeholders, and...

    Mar 01, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    Strengthening Infection Control to Prevent and Contain the Next Outbreak

    This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/.  By Sara Chang, Program Analyst, NACCHO As the CDC and World Health Organization escalate their preparedness and response activities for Zika virus disease, it will be critical for public health preparedness and response systems,...

    Feb 03, 2016 | Mary Hodges

    23 Agencies Achieve Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) Recognition

    NACCHO’s Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) recognized 30 local and regional health agencies for their ability to plan for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. Seven agencies from Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Tennessee, and Texas earned PPHR recognition for the first time, and 23 agencies from Virginia, Florida, Arizona, Minnesota, and Idaho achieved PPHR […]

    Jan 28, 2016 | Madison Ferraro

    Water Contamination in Flint, MI, and Lead Poisoning Resources

    Lead poisoning has been in the headlines lately, given the environmental health crisis going on in Flint, MI. The city’s water supply is contaminated with lead, and reportedly has been since 2014 when the drinking water source was temporarily switched from Lake Huron to the Flint River. The switch was a cost-saving measure until a […]

    Jan 21, 2016 | Katie Regan

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