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The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.

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Coronavirus COVID 19
  • COVID-19
  • Webinar

NACCHO COVID-19 Webinar: eCR Now: Using Communications to Expand Implementation

NACCHO invites local health department leadership and staff to join the eCR Now: Using Communications to Expand...

Jan 26, 2021 | Beth Hess

CDCCOVID Essential Worker Social Square
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Immunization

CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Toolkits for Community-Based Organizations and Essential Workers

The CDC has designed two toolkits to help build confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine among essential workers and other...

Jan 22, 2021 | Beth Hess

Webinar
  • COVID-19
  • Webinar

NACCHO COVID-19 Webinar: Important Information for Healthcare Providers about Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine

NACCHO invites local health department leadership and staff to join the Important Information for Healthcare Providers...

Jan 22, 2021 | Beth Hess

MMWR Early Release
  • COVID-19
  • Immunization

Allergic Reactions Including Anaphylaxis After Receipt of the First Dose of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine

New CDC MMWR describes a small number of reports of severe allergic reactions after people received the Moderna...

Jan 22, 2021 | Beth Hess

Tina 13
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Medical Reserve Corps

COVID-19 Response Mission Sets

Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) units have been adapting and supporting an unprecedented...

Jan 21, 2021 | Beth Hess

Covid
  • COVID-19
  • Immunization

Dosing intervals for COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine

On January 6, CDC revised Interim Clinical Considerations for Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Currently Authorized in the...

Jan 14, 2021 | Beth Hess

CRC Sim PLER
  • Webinar
  • Emergency Response

CRC SimPLER: A Practice Workshop

To introduce CRC SimPLER, ASTHO and the National Alliance for Radiation Readiness (NARR) are hosted a workshop on...

Jan 11, 2021 | Beth Hess

Coronavirus COVID 19
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Epidemiology

COVID-19 Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit

The CDC Office of Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) recently released the COVID-19 Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit to...

Jan 11, 2021 | Beth Hess

Covid
  • COVID-19
  • Webinar

NACCHO COVID-19 Webinar: Increasing Vaccination Coverage Among Racial and Ethnic Groups: Lessons Learned from CDC’s REACH Program

NACCHO invites local health department leadership and staff to join the Increasing Vaccination Coverage Among Racial...

Jan 08, 2021 | Beth Hess

Webinar
  • COVID-19
  • Webinar

NACCHO COVID-19 Webinar: Understanding Diverse Communities to Support Equitable and Informed COVID-19 Vaccination Decision-Making

NACCHO invites local health department leadership and staff to join the Understanding Diverse Communities to Support...

Jan 08, 2021 | Beth Hess

Partner Articles

Water Fountain
  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Water Quality

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

Purdue is partnering with NACCHO to offer this online course at a discount for...

Dec 04, 2020 | Emily D'Angelo

Purdue University’s New Water Systems Course Designed to...

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  • Emergency Response
  • Infectious Disease
  • Opportunity

National Student Response Network Linking Volunteers to...

The National Student Response Network (NSRN) is fielding the volunteer needs of...

May 20, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

National Student Response Network Linking Volunteers to...

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  • Emergency Response
  • Infectious Disease

COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources

ASPR TRACIE has just released COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources, a...

Apr 22, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

COVID-19 Alternate Care Site Resources

  • Tools & Resources
  • Infectious Disease

AMA Telehealth Implementation Playbook

During a pandemic, healthcare facilities may need telehealth/medicine...

Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

AMA Telehealth Implementation Playbook

2020 04 27 15 54 18 Public Health COVID 19 Online Community
  • Communications & Public Relations
  • Emergency Response
  • Infectious Disease

NNPHI Launches COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative

The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) has launched a...

Apr 21, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

NNPHI Launches COVID-19 Learning & Action Collaborative

  • Tools & Resources
  • Infectious Disease

Penn State Project ECHO: COVID-19 ECHO Series

Penn State Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) has...

Mar 31, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

Penn State Project ECHO: COVID-19 ECHO Series

  • COVID-19
  • Tools & Resources
  • Infectious Disease
  • Podcast

CIDRAP: COVID-19 Podcasts and Webinars

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy has a running archive of...

Mar 31, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

CIDRAP: COVID-19 Podcasts and Webinars

  • Research & Reports

42nd Annual Report on the Health of the Nation

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the CDC released its 42nd...

Nov 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

42nd Annual Report on the Health of the Nation

  • Call for Comments
  • Opioid Overdose Epidemic

Call for Comments: Community-Based Response to Drug...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent a New Project...

Oct 29, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

Call for Comments: Community-Based Response to Drug...

  • Community Engagement

Article: Engaging with Community- and Faith-Based...

Dr. Scott Santibanez, Associate Director for Science for CDC’s Division in...

Sep 17, 2019 | Kim Rodgers

Article: Engaging with Community- and Faith-Based...

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