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Climate and Health Adaptation and Mitigation Program
The CHAMP program encourages local jurisdictions to progress toward meeting Healthy People 2030 objectives, promotes health equity by raising awareness of how climate change-associated environmental health hazards disproportionately ...
2021 State Enacted Food Legislation: June 2021
Date posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDState legislatures introduced several hundred bills related to food during the 2021 legislative sessions. Almost every state introduced legislation regarding food—including food ...
Biden Announces Nominees for Key Positions on Health and Science
Date posted: Thursday, January 21, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDThe incoming Biden Administration has announced cabinet nominees, many White House positions, and several nominees for key posts within the administration.Regarding science, th...
Biden-Harris Administration to Invest $7 Billion From American Rescue Plan to Hire and Train Public Health Workers in Response to COVID-19
Date posted: Friday, June 4, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDLast month the White House announced that it will be redistributing $7.4 billion from the American Rescue Plan to hire and train public health workers in response to COVID-19, includ...
Climate Change
Climate & Health GuidesOur new Climate & Health guides were created specifically for environmental public health programs to help you integrate climate & health into environmental health programming and healthcare sector partnerships...
Congress Passes the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
Date posted: Monday, November 8, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDCongress was busy this weekend by passing the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HR 3684) and agreeing to act on the $1.85 trillion reconciliation m...
Congressional House Appropriations Markup of the Labor-HHS-Education Budget Provides Significant Increases to the Nation’s Public Health Infrastructure
Date posted: Friday, July 16, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDThe House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) budget and released its markup budget this week. The subcommi...
Congresswoman Lawrence Introduces the Environmental Health Workforce Act
Date posted: Saturday, May 15, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDThe Environmental Health Workforce Act (H.R. 2661) was introduced by Representative Brenda Lawrence (D-Michigan) on April 19, 2021. The act would require the Secretary of the U.S. ...
Enacted State Food Legislation
Date posted: Thursday, September 23, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDState legislatures introduced several hundred bills related to food during the 2021 legislative sessions. Almost every state introduced legislation regarding food. From food ...
Food Safety Education Month
Each September, we celebrate National Food Safety Education Month by highlighting the tools and resources we offer around food safety education, and recognizing our members who work diligently to maintain safe food across the country. Our food s...
Laws to Exempt Retail Foods From State Oversight Are on the Rise
Date posted: Thursday, March 4, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDNEHA has been able to identify 41 bills in 24 states in the 2021–2022 state legislative session that relate to cottage foods (i.e., bills the relax or eliminate food safety requir...
NEHA Visits Congress Virtually
Date posted: Tuesday, April 27, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDFor this year's Earth Day on April 22, NEHA spread the word about environmental health among the nation's policy makers in Washington, DC. With the COVID-19 pandemic and other res...
Preparedness Go-Bag
Date posted: August 25, 2021Blog poster: NEHA's Preparedness CommitteeWell, it is that time of year again. The ocean waters are hotter, and hurricanes are starting to form, with the 2021 season already at five named storms as of mid-July. The we...
Project Firstline
We are proud to partner with the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) for Project Firstline. The CDC's Project Firstline is a collaborative of diverse healthcare and public health partners that have come together to provide healt...
SepticSmart Week Blog
September 16, 2021EPA's SepticSmart Week will take place September 13-17, 2021. This event focuses on educating homeowners and communities on the proper care and maintenance of their septic systems. With over one in five households in the U.S. u...
States Seek to Limit the Authority of Public Health
Date posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDState legislatures have introduced over 2,000 COVID-19-related measures for the 2021 legislative sessions, about one-half the number introduced in 2020. These bills cover lia...
The American Jobs Plan Could Provide Billions for the Environmental Health Workforce
Date posted: Monday, April 5, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDThe American Jobs Plan Could Provide Billions for the Environmental Health WorkforcePresident Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan (aka the Infrastructure Bill) covers a lot, including en...
The Senate Version of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Covers Environmental Health
Date posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2021Blog poster: Doug Farquhar, JDThe Senate reached a tentative compromise on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, commonly referred to as the infrastructure bill. The $2.3 trillion package first envision...
Vector Control and Preparedness
Date posted: Thursday, October 7, 2021Blog poster: NEHA's Vector Program CommitteeNational Preparedness Month (NPM) is observed each September to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for weather-related disasters and emergencies. Fo...
What International Day of Clean Air Means to Me
Date posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2021Blog poster: Rosie DeVito, MPH, Program Manager, NEHABefore working for the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), I was in graduate school in Buffalo, New York for two years. I was getting my MP...
World Food Safety Day
World Food Safety Day is observed annually on June 7. The United Nations declared the observance in 2018 and it is jointly facilitated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). ...