Emergency Health and Nutrition Toolkit
Created by CDC and Save the Children, this toolkit is designed to help staff more rapidly address health and nutrition needs of communities affected by crisis...more
FEMA Trailers
CDC conducts Assessment of Health Complaints Among Children Living in FEMA Temporary Housing Units in Hancock County, MS ...more
Tornadoes
Take care of your family and your home before, during and after a tornado...more
Floods Protect yourself and your family from the dangers of flooding...more
CLEH Summer Internship NCEH/ATSDR will offer a 10-week summer internship for undergraduate students in Environmental Science/Studies and related fields...more
Tracking 101 The CDC has developed an environmental public health tracking course for environmental public health professionals...more
EPHLI Applications are being accepted for the fourth cohort of CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute (EPHLI) until October 31, 2007...more
EPA-CDC/ATSDR Collaborate CDC/ATSDR and EPA will collaborate on a new initiative aimed at helping communities strengthen their capacity to identify and address environment health issues...more
Asbestos and Health Learn about how people are exposed to asbestos and how to protect yourself...more
NEPH Conference Presentations Your chance to access and view the 2006 National Environmental Public Health (NEPH) Conference presentations in streaming video or podcast...
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Lead in Toys Jewelry and toys containing lead can be hazardous to children. Learn about preventing lead poisoning in children...more
Floods Protect yourself and your family from the dangers of flooding...more
Tornadoes Take care of your family and your home before, during and after a tornado...more
Asthma Awareness Aim to Be Symptom Free. Learn more about how to control asthma...more
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning When the power goes out, think twice before using generators or grills for heating or cooking...more
Information Regarding Polonium-210 Information about polonium-210 in recent UK events and exposure treatment guidance for clinicians and health departments...more
VX Hydrolysate Treatment Report
CDC’s report about the revised Army-DuPont plan for off-site treatment of caustic VX hydrolysate presented to Congress...more
Register Now: TRACKS 2006
Online registration and online abstract submission forms for the National Tracking Conference now available...more
Extreme Heat Heat-related illnesses are preventable. Learn to keep cool in hot temperatures...more
Mold After a Disaster After natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods, excess moisture and standing water contribute to the growth of mold in homes and other buildings...more
Floods Protect yourself and your family from the dangers of flooding...more
CDC Supports EMAC States can receive disaster assistance from other
states quickly and efficiently through the Emergency Management Assistance
Compact (EMAC)...more
World Asthma Day Aim to Be Symptom Free. Learn more about how to control asthma...more
National Drinking Water Week Learn about the wonder and importance of water. To see what NCEH is doing to
help ensure we all have safe drinking water...more
Lead Poisoning This Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Dispatch details the case of a child
who died as a result of lead poisoning after ingesting a small metallic charm...more
Save the Date The seventh National Environmental Public Health Conference will be held from December 4th - 6th...more
Hurricane Katrina Latest environmental health information, including CDC Mold Report: Prevention
Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita...more
Keep it Cool Heat-related illnesses are preventable. Learn to keep cool in hot
temperatures...more
Asthma Learn more about how to be symptom free...more
Tracking Accessing environmental public
health data from vision to reality...more
VX Report CDC's review of the U.S.
Army proposal for caustic VX hydrolysate transportation, treatment, and
discharge…more
Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors The Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health
Directors is an all-hazards reference tool for health professionals who are
responsible for initiating the public health response during the first 24
hours (i.e., the acute phase) of an emergency or disaster...more
Hurricane Recovery To protect your health and safety, learn more about preparing for hurricanes
...more
Floods Here are some basic facts to remember
for protection during a flood and in its aftermath...more
Office of Global Health The Office of Global Health (OGH) at NCEH/ATSDR is proud to announce the
redesigned and updated OGH website. By following the link, you will be able
to access information about NCEH/ATSDR international activities and
projects, Global Health Priorities, Global Environmental Health, and related
links to partners and international organizations.
Lead and Water CDC has updated some Questions and Answers about lead in tap water.
Dr.
Henry Falk has been appointed as the new director for the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's National Center for Environmental Health and
will continue as assistant administrator of the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry. ...
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Designing and Building Healthy Places
This new web site was developed by NCEH along with the National Center
on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, the National Center
for Injury Prevention and Control, and the National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The site discusses the public
health implications of the interactions between people and the built
environment.
Waterborne Disease and Acts of Water
Terrorism: The New Role of the Physician as Front-line Responder Wednesday, June 4, 2003,
Washington, DC More info:
http://www.acpm.org/waterbornediseaseconference.htm
CDC to award funds for aPublic Health Laboratory Biomonitoring Implementation Program The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
will be awarding $5 million (subject to availability of funds) in
cooperative agreements under Program Announcement 03034, Public Health
Laboratory Biomonitoring Implementation Program. Ten awards are
currently anticipated. The goal of this program is to allow selected
recipients to implement and expand their state laboratory-based
biomonitoring programs to assess human exposure to environmental
toxicants, help prevent disease resulting from exposure to toxic
substances, and determine estimates of "background" exposure to
naturally occurring and industrial chemicals that have the potential
to cause harm. This program allows for the implementation of the
biomonitoring plans developed under Program Announcement 01072, Public
Health Laboratory Biomonitoring Planning Grant.
Online Library For Gulf War-Related Medical Research The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of
Defense, and the Department of Veterans Affairs announce the launch
of a centralized Internet site, known as Medsearch. The site is
designed to provide Gulf War veterans, their families and members of
the public easy access to Gulf War-related medical research. To
access the Medsearch Web site, log onto http://www.GulfLINK.osd.mil/medsearch
CDC Awards Funds forEnvironmental Public
Health Tracking The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) has taken a significant step toward creating a
national environmental public health tracking network by awarding
$14.2 million in grants to 20 state and local health departments and
three schools of public health. The goal of CDC's
Environmental Public Health Tracking Program is to develop a
standards-based environmental public health tracking network that
allows direct electronic data reporting and linkage of health
effect, exposure and hazard data, which can operate with other
public health systems. CDC
Media Relations Press Release
West Nile Virus:
Avoid mosquito bites to avoid infection. Apply insect repellent
(follow product label precautions), stay indoors at dawn and dusk,
and wear long, loose clothing. More
information
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week October 20 - 26, 2002 Childhood lead poisoning is considered the most
preventable environmental disease of young children but almost 1 million children have
elevated blood lead levels. The national goal is to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in
the United States by 2010. More information
"A
Strategy to Revitalize Health Services in the United States" We are pleased to present to you the draft document entitled
A
Strategy to Revitalize Environmental Health Services in the United
States. This CDC strategy was developed in collaboration with
several internal and external partners, including state and local
health departments and schools of public health.
World Asthma Day May 7, 2002, marks the 4th annual celebration of World Asthma Day
and the kickoff to Asthma and Allergy Month. This spotlight offers
information on the burden of asthma and on ways to control it;
CDC’s National Asthma Control Program, and resources for
additional information.