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National Preparedness Month: A Look Back
Each September, as part of National Preparedness Month, preparedness efforts across the country are celebrated and highlighted. This...
Nov 04, 2015 | Mary Hodges
Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance
NACCHO has created the new guide, “Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance,” to help local...
Oct 27, 2015 | Admin
Live Testing of Flu on Call™ Overlaps with the Start of Flu Season
This post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit...
Oct 08, 2015 | Mary Hodges
How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian Influenza
By Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year,...
Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author
EPA Releases Draft Assessment on Fracking’s Potential Impact on Drinking Water...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a draft assessment on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or...
Jun 05, 2015 | Katie Regan
Alameda County Drug Take-Back Program Upheld
In 2012, Alameda County, CA, enacted a local ordinance requiring the pharmaceutical industry to provide funding to support the...
May 28, 2015 | Andy Roszak
How Local Health Departments Can Use “Flu Near You”
This year’s flu season might be winding down, but the 2015-2016 flu season is right around the corner. Local health departments can...
May 06, 2015 | Admin
Local Health Department Preparedness and Response to Ebola in the United States
Local health departments are playing a leading role in response to potential Ebola cases in the United States. They are working with...
Apr 01, 2015 | Guest Author
Epidemiology and Surveillance Training Courses Available
A number of new training courses in public health surveillance and epidemiology are available now to help public health professionals...
Mar 23, 2015 | Guest Author
National Preparedness Month: A Look BackEach September, as part of National Preparedness Month, preparedness efforts across the country are celebrated and highlighted. This year, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) chose the theme “Prepare for Everywhere,” which focused on communities of preparedness from the individual to global level. To strengthen the CDC’s preparedness initiative, NACCHO created a Preparedness... Nov 04, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease SurveillanceNACCHO has created the new guide, “Flu Near You: A Guide to Engaging in Participatory Disease Surveillance,” to help local health departments get started with the Flu Near You platform to benefit their community’s flu awareness and tracking efforts. Through Flu Near You, thousands of volunteers answer a brief, weekly digital questionnaire about their health for crowd-sourced... Oct 27, 2015 | Admin |
Live Testing of Flu on Call™ Overlaps with the Start of Flu SeasonThis post originally ran on NACCHO’s Healthy People, Healthy Places blog. For more environmental health news and information, visit http://essentialelements.naccho.org/. By Erin Roberts, MPH, Program Analyst, Environmental Health and Global Health Security, NACCHO and Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Influenza viruses cause illness year round, but ‘flu’ season begins... Oct 08, 2015 | Mary Hodges |
How Local Health Departments are Preparing for Avian InfluenzaBy Christina Baum, Program Analyst, Infectious Disease, NACCHO Avian influenza has been a popular topic in the media this past year, and the attention on the topic boils down to two primary points of interest: 1) it has affected millions of birds and 2) the disease is similar to ones which have affected humans in […] Jul 21, 2015 | Guest Author |
EPA Releases Draft Assessment on Fracking’s Potential Impact on Drinking Water ResourcesThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a draft assessment on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, activities on drinking water resources in the United States. The assessment shows that while fracking has not yet led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources, there are potential vulnerabilities. The assessment, which came at […] Jun 05, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Alameda County Drug Take-Back Program UpheldIn 2012, Alameda County, CA, enacted a local ordinance requiring the pharmaceutical industry to provide funding to support the County’s medication take-back efforts. Drug take back programs allow individuals to dispose of unused medications in a central, secure location. The programs seek to keep unwanted, expired, or unneeded drugs from being introduced into our nation’s […] May 28, 2015 | Andy Roszak |
How Local Health Departments Can Use “Flu Near You”This year’s flu season might be winding down, but the 2015-2016 flu season is right around the corner. Local health departments can begin to prepare for the next flu season by using Flu Near You, an online health reporting system. Through Flu Near You, thousands of volunteers answer a brief, weekly digital questionnaire about their […] May 06, 2015 | Admin |
Local Health Department Preparedness and Response to Ebola in the United StatesLocal health departments are playing a leading role in response to potential Ebola cases in the United States. They are working with state and federal counterparts and local stakeholders including hospitals, law enforcement, and emergency medical systems. Their goal is to ensure that individuals at risk for Ebola are monitored according to CDC guidance and symptomatic individuals are quickly... Apr 01, 2015 | Guest Author |
Epidemiology and Surveillance Training Courses AvailableA number of new training courses in public health surveillance and epidemiology are available now to help public health professionals ensure their continued knowledge and expertise in disease control and prevention measures. Public health professionals are constantly faced with epidemics and disease outbreaks, both infectious and noninfectious, acute and chronic; officials in all state, county,... Mar 23, 2015 | Guest Author |
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