The NACCHO Podcast Series

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In this week’s podcast, NACCHO Government Affairs team members Adriane Casalotti and Kerry Allen provide an update on the status of federal funding and discuss NACCHO’s priorities for a possible Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill.

Environmental Health 40

Environmental Health Health Policy 40

KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Then, in October 2023, an email came from the Pasadena Public Health Department: A person in the city had contracted California’s first-known case of dengue from a local mosquito. In March, Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency after a spike in cases there, where dengue is endemic. Learn more about KFF.

Health Education and Training Organizations 125

Health Education and Training Organizations Vector-borne Diseases Health Policy Environmental Health 125

KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Entonces, en octubre de 2023, llegó un correo electrónico del Departamento de Salud Pública de Pasadena: una persona en la ciudad había contraído el primer caso conocido de dengue en California de un mosquito local. “Cuando ocurre en tiempo real, en la vida real, sabes que es muy diferente”, dijo Farned.

Health Policy 78

Health Policy Environmental Health 78

KFF Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

. “We have communities in California that are served drinking water that has been out of compliance with regulatory standards for potent toxins like arsenic for years,” said Lara Cushing, an associate professor in UCLA’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences. Gavin Newsom, facing a $47 billion deficit , cut $6.6

Climate Change and Health 101

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KFF Health News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

” Kennedy is an influential vaccine skeptic whose campaign of conspiracy theories earned PolitiFact’s 2023 “ Lie of the Year.” drinking water is a safe way to boost children’s oral health. ” PolitiFact contacted Kennedy through his Children’s Health Defense organization but received no reply.

Food and Beverage Industry 132

Food and Beverage Industry Environmental Health Health Policy 132

KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

“So much of what we see is the long tail of slavery and Jim Crow,” said Andrea Ducas , vice president of health policy at the Center for American Progress, a nonprofit think tank. That represents a loss of more than 80 million years of life, according to a 2023 JAMA study. The design of the U.S. Learn more about KFF.

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

And in Florida, six of the nine existing incinerators are in places where the percentages of people of color are higher than the statewide average of 46%, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s EJScreen , an online tool for measuring environmental and socioeconomic information for specific areas.

Public Health Law and Regulation 52

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