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“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
Gaps Remain for Pediatric Medical Countermeasures
During public health emergencies, children are a particularly vulnerable population as they have unique physical, physiological, and...
Jan 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini
Applications Open for NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program
For the fifth year in a row, NACCHO is pleased to invite local health departments (LHDs) to submit applications for participation in a...
Oct 01, 2015 | Katie Regan
Resources Available for National Food Safety Month 2015
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Sep 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges
FDA Finalizes FSMA Preventative Control Rules for Human and Animal Foods
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized the first two major regulations developed under the Food Safety...
Sep 10, 2015 | Katie Regan
FDA Launches Drug Shortages App
“FDA Drug Shortages” is a new app by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that identifies current drug shortages,...
Apr 10, 2015 | Katie Regan
Smallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop Exercise
By Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary...
Apr 08, 2015 | Guest Author
CDC, Federal Partners Develop Improved Method for Attributing Foodborne Illness
A new report by the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC)—a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and...
Feb 24, 2015 | Katie Regan
Annual Tobacco Control Report Now Available
The American Lung Association’s 13th annual State of Tobacco Control Report is now available. The report grades the federal...
Feb 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
“Not if, but When”: Experts Share Latest Zika Response ActivitiesBy 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 |
Gaps Remain for Pediatric Medical CountermeasuresDuring public health emergencies, children are a particularly vulnerable population as they have unique physical, physiological, and psychological characteristics that vary from adults. Additionally, the medical products and formulations children need often differ from adults and some medical products may not have the same usage approvals for children as they do for adults. Earlier this month... Jan 26, 2016 | Raymond Puerini |
Applications Open for NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards Mentorship ProgramFor the fifth year in a row, NACCHO is pleased to invite local health departments (LHDs) to submit applications for participation in a peer mentorship program that provides opportunities to learn, share experiences, and acquire tools and resources related to the FDA Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards). The mentorship program […] Oct 01, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Resources Available for National Food Safety Month 2015This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Katie Regan, Communications Specialist, NACCHO For much of the general public, the local health department is the place that inspects restaurants and assigns letter grades based on cleanliness. In reality, of course, the... Sep 17, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
FDA Finalizes FSMA Preventative Control Rules for Human and Animal FoodsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized the first two major regulations developed under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)—the Preventative Controls for Human Food and Preventative Controls for Animal Food. The FSMA, passed more than four years ago, is a broad reform of the United States’ food safety system that focuses on prevention rather than reaction. Broadly,... Sep 10, 2015 | Katie Regan |
FDA Launches Drug Shortages App“FDA Drug Shortages” is a new app by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that identifies current drug shortages, resolved shortages, and discontinuations of drug products. This is the agency’s first app specifically designed to speed public access to information about shortages. Drugs in short supply can delay or deny needed care for patients, […] Apr 10, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Smallpox Vaccines: CDC Guidance and Preparedness Tabletop ExerciseBy Jennifer Alton, Vice President of Government Affairs, Bavarian Nordic The tragic Ebola outbreak in West Africa is a contemporary reminder that humans are vulnerable to infectious diseases and that preparedness must remain a top priority. But Ebola isn’t the only health threat facing the global community. Other biological airborne threats – including smallpox – […] Apr 08, 2015 | Guest Author |
CDC, Federal Partners Develop Improved Method for Attributing Foodborne IllnessA new report by the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC)—a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)—details an improved method for analyzing foodborne illness outbreak data to determine which foods are at fault.... Feb 24, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Annual Tobacco Control Report Now AvailableThe American Lung Association’s 13th annual State of Tobacco Control Report is now available. The report grades the federal government, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia on key tobacco control policies, and their efforts to meet three goals: Reduce smoking rates to less than 10% by 2024 (currently at 18%); Protect all Americans […] Feb 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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