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NACCHO Preparedness Brief: Year in Review
Happy holidays and happy new year to all of our members and readers! NACCHO’s preparedness staff would like to take a few moments to...
Dec 30, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
Fighting Infectious Disease in the United States: A New Report Looks at Our...
On December 18, 2014, the Trust for America’s Health, in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released its report...
Dec 23, 2014 | Guest Author
“Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases 2014” Report Released
Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have released the “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from...
Dec 18, 2014 | Admin
TIME Names the Ebola Fighters as Person of the Year
TIME announced on December 10 that its 2014 Person of the Year is “The Ebola Fighters,” acknowledging the risk,...
Dec 12, 2014 | Admin
Ebola – What’s Flu Got to Do With It?
This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week. Local health departments across the country use this awareness campaign to remind...
Dec 10, 2014 | Frances Bevington
PREP Act Issued for Experimental Ebola Vaccines
On December 9, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency...
Dec 09, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup November Report
The Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its November call on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 1 PM Eastern Time. Ten...
Dec 04, 2014 | Frances Bevington
CDC Announces Ebola Treatment Hospitals and New Interim Hospital Guidance
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that 35 U.S. hospitals have been designated as Ebola treatment...
Dec 02, 2014 | Admin
Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup November Report
On November 10, the MCM workgroup held its fifth monthly call of the project year. On the call, a representative from the Centers for...
Nov 26, 2014 | Raymond Puerini
NACCHO Preparedness Brief: Year in ReviewHappy holidays and happy new year to all of our members and readers! NACCHO’s preparedness staff would like to take a few moments to reflect upon the past year and the issues of greatest importance to our readership. As we look back at the top ten most popular featured articles, some strong themes emerge regarding […] Dec 30, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
Fighting Infectious Disease in the United States: A New Report Looks at Our ReadinessOn December 18, 2014, the Trust for America’s Health, in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released its report Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases 2014. The report looks at states across ten criteria related to fighting infectious disease such as increasing or maintaining funding, vaccinating at least half of the population six months […] Dec 23, 2014 | Guest Author |
“Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases 2014” Report ReleasedTrust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have released the “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases 2014” report. In midst of Ebola, the report outlines how domestic cases of Ebola have exposed serious underlying gaps in the national ability to manage severe infectious disease threats. Some key findings from the report include […] Dec 18, 2014 | Admin |
TIME Names the Ebola Fighters as Person of the YearTIME announced on December 10 that its 2014 Person of the Year is “The Ebola Fighters,” acknowledging the risk, persistence, and sacrifice of the health professionals in West Africa who have been working tirelessly for months to end the Ebola outbreak. TIME emphasized the extreme risk that these people are experiencing; the flaws in the […] Dec 12, 2014 | Admin |
Ebola – What’s Flu Got to Do With It?This week is National Influenza Vaccination Week. Local health departments across the country use this awareness campaign to remind people in their communities that it’s not too late to vaccinate because as long as flu viruses are circulating, the flu shot can provide protection. Flu has been in the news since October but not for […] Dec 10, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
PREP Act Issued for Experimental Ebola VaccinesOn December 9, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act to facilitate the development and availability of three experimental Ebola vaccines. This declaration is intended to assist in the global community’s effort to help combat the current epidemic in West Africa and […] Dec 09, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup November ReportThe Risk Communication and Information Sharing Workgroup held its November call on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 1 PM Eastern Time. Ten workgroup members participated in the call. The group discussed the role of public health communicators during disasters and emergencies with a NACCHO policy scholar who will be taking the lead to research and […] Dec 04, 2014 | Frances Bevington |
CDC Announces Ebola Treatment Hospitals and New Interim Hospital GuidanceToday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that 35 U.S. hospitals have been designated as Ebola treatment centers. The majority of hospitals are located near the five international airports — John F. Kennedy in New York; Newark Liberty; Washington Dulles; O’Hare in Chicago and Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta — that travelers from Guinea, Liberia, […] Dec 02, 2014 | Admin |
Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Workgroup November ReportOn November 10, the MCM workgroup held its fifth monthly call of the project year. On the call, a representative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of the Strategic National Stockpile spoke about a new mass dispensing training course that is under development. MCM workgroup members were asked to review the […] Nov 26, 2014 | Raymond Puerini |
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