The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
In this week’s episode of Podcast from Washington, Ian Goldstein and Eli Briggs discuss the public health implications of House...
Jun 28, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
May 07, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Below is a press release published on March 29, 2019 by the Town of Westford Board of Health in Massachussetts. On Thursday March 28,...
Apr 05, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
In response to the “bomb cyclone” in the Midwest, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and...
Mar 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On Wednesday, over 80 local, state, and territorial health officials from across the country met with members of congress on Capitol...
This blog post was written by: Dr. Sarah Taft, Division Director (Acting) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National...
Mar 14, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) worked with NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)...
Oct 11, 2018
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has spent the last year working with partners from across...
Sep 28, 2018
Refer to the following information for updates on Hurricane Florence and corresponding resources. Florence has been upgraded to a...
Sep 18, 2018
In this week’s episode of Podcast from Washington, Ian Goldstein and Eli Briggs discuss the public health implications of House passage of the FY2020 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) and Education appropriations bill . They also discuss NACCHO Annual 2019 activities. Later in the program, Ian Goldstein sat down with Chief of the Office […]
Below is a press release published on March 29, 2019 by the Town of Westford Board of Health in Massachussetts. On Thursday March 28, Governor Baker issued a proclamation to designate Saturday, April 6, 2019 as the first-ever Massachusetts Medical Reserve Corps Day. This special recognition honors volunteers in 38 MRC units across the Bay […]
In response to the “bomb cyclone” in the Midwest, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has published food safety tips for people in the areas affected. See additional food safety resources from FSIS below. FSIS’ YouTube video “Food Safety During Power Outages” has instructions for keeping frozen and […]
On Wednesday, over 80 local, state, and territorial health officials from across the country met with members of congress on Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to prioritize public health funding. NACCHO board members and staff, the Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC), representatives from the National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH), and members of the Association of State and...
This blog post was written by: Dr. Sarah Taft, Division Director (Acting) for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Homeland Security Research Center Large-scale disruptions from intentional chemical, biological, and radiological contamination events, natural disasters like hurricanes, or industrial accidents such as oil spills cause devastating effects on human health and the...
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) worked with NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to publish a “dispatch” in NACCHO’s From the Field column in the journal Health Security. The report details NYC DOHMH’s reflections on the first-ever public health deployments in support of Puerto Rico and the U.S. […]
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) has spent the last year working with partners from across Puerto Rico, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, other HHS divisions, and other federal agencies to strengthen health and social services as organizations recover from Maria and build new plans so they are […]
Refer to the following information for updates on Hurricane Florence and corresponding resources. Florence has been upgraded to a Category 4 Hurricane Tropical Depression Florence – center is over central Ohio Valley moving a little faster as it moves northeast. Wind speed 25 mph. Flash flood warnings are in effect for many counties. Rain is […]
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