The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
On November 13, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) which...
Nov 13, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Interim Updated Planning Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic...
Nov 08, 2018
America’s hometown heroes are on the front line when responding to biological incidents. These include health care providers, public...
Oct 26, 2018
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, invites your agency to contribute to the advancement of our...
Oct 12, 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
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, recently invited your agency to contribute to the advancement...
Sep 27, 2018
Refer to the following information for updates on Hurricane Florence and corresponding resources. Florence has been upgraded to a...
Sep 18, 2018
The CDC issued a Bulletin on September 13, 2018 regarding an outbreak of Ebola in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The...
Sep 13, 2018 | Katie Dwyer
Sep 06, 2018
On November 13, 2018, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) which finds an increase in cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM) in August and September 2018. Symptoms of AFM include sudden weakness of the arms or legs and the median patient age is four years. […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Interim Updated Planning Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine is now live on the CDC website. The guidance is available in a PDF and HTML version, and includes a corresponding checklist that was developed as a tool for state and local planners. This resource can also be […]
America’s hometown heroes are on the front line when responding to biological incidents. These include health care providers, public health professionals, EMTs, firefighters and police. But a new report from the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense says the thousands of first responders at state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments that form the backbone […]
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, invites your agency to contribute to the advancement of our national health security by submitting an abstract for the 2019 Preparedness Summit (March 26-29, 2019 in St. Louis, Mo.). Now more than ever, the public health preparedness community must come together to discover new and creative […]
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 […]
NACCHO, in coordination with the Preparedness Summit Planning Committee, recently invited your agency to contribute to the advancement of our national health security by submitting an abstract for the 2019 Preparedness Summit (March 26-29, 2019 in St. Louis, Mo.). We have extended the abstract submission deadline to Friday, Oct. 12, 11:59 p.m., ET, to encourage you to participate in the longest...
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 […]
The CDC issued a Bulletin on September 13, 2018 regarding an outbreak of Ebola in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The following information is re-posted from that bulletin. On August 1, 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo reported an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in North Kivu Province. Although […]
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