By Cliff Treyens, Director of General Public Outreach, National Ground Water Association National Groundwater Awareness Week, recently observed on March 5-11, affords an opportunity to deliver a timely message to private household water well owners. April…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with federal partners across the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) to assess the various medical countermeasure (MCM) response plans and guidance currently in…
The full plenary schedule is now available for the 2017 Preparedness Summit, scheduled to take place on April 25-28, 2017 in Atlanta. This year’s plenaries will feature conversations with leaders and experts from diverse sectors…
The Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measures (PPOM) Workgroup held its monthly call on February 28, 2017. The workgroup discussed proposed updates to the public health preparedness planning policy statement. Senior Director for Preparedness, Laura Biesiadecki,…
Safe, effective, life-saving – the benefits of vaccines for protecting public health are numerous and robust. Yet, in the U.S., there continues to be a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles and mumps. The Centers…
In late January, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Division of State and Local Readiness convened over 60 medical countermeasure (MCM) experts across the local, state, and federal levels to gather feedback about…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with support from NACCHO is seeking health departments who are either currently planning to conduct or interested in conducting functional radiation community reception center (CRC) exercises in…
NACCHO, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC), has released a summary of findings evaluating vector control capacity across ten Zika Virus (ZIKV) priority jurisdictions. This initiative was launched by the CDC…
NORC at the University of Chicago is seeking public health professionals to contribute their thoughts and help advance the capacity of emergency preparedness during the 2017 Preparedness Summit. On behalf of the Association of Schools and…
Increasing the nation’s preparedness and response efforts related to biological and chemical threats has been a top priority for the last three presidential administrations. Since the events of 9/11 occurred nearly two decades ago, there…