News Releases and Statements

Dec. 22 | ASTHO Applauds Congress on Approval of Much Needed COVID-19 Resources and Increases to Public Health in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

Dec. 10 | ASTHO President and Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Testifies Before Congress about COVID-19 Vaccinations

Dec. 1 | Public Health Organizations Publish Lessons Learned From the Early Days of COVID-19 Response

Nov. 19 | Urgent Action Needed to Contain the Spread of COVID-19 Nationwide

Nov. 6 | New ASTHO Report Spotlights National Approaches for Rapid COVID-19 Testing

Oct. 20 | Leading Health Organizations Unite to Implement National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan

Oct. 15 | Public Health Leaders Request COVID-19 Vaccine Infrastructure and Administration Funding

Sept. 24 | New Data on State Health Agencies Shows Shrinking Workforce and Decreased Funding Leading up to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sept. 3 | Safety, Not Politics, Must Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline

Sept. 2 | Nation’s Health Officials Call for Greater Collaboration and Communication with Federal Government

Aug. 14 | ASTHO Celebrates the 85th Anniversary of Title V

Aug. 13 | ASTHO, NCSD Awarded ASAE Power of A Silver Award

Aug. 12 | Health Officials Launch Ad Campaign to Encourage Mask Use

Aug. 3 | Additional Supplemental Funding is Indeed Needed for Public Health

July 16 | Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine New ASTHO President

July 16 | From Contact Tracing to Case Investigation to Exposure Notification: New Issue Guide Provides Insight into How Technologies May Assist and Still Need to be Tested in COVID-19 Response

July 1 | As July Fourth Approaches, Nation’s Physicians and Public Health Officials Urge All Americans to Take Precautions to Help Prevent Further Spread of COVID-19

June 30 | Organizations Call on HHS to Renew Public Health Emergency Declaration

June 23 | Michigan Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun Testifies on COVID-19 Lessons Learned

June 23 | State and Territorial Health Officials to the American Public: COVID-19 is Not Over

June 2 | Nation’s Public Health Leaders Stand United Against Racism

May 15 | As Unemployment Rates Rise, Thousands of COVID-19 Contact Tracers Trained Through New Online Training Course in All 50 States

May 7 | New Tool Will Help Public Health Officials Estimate the Need for COVID-19 Contact Tracing

Apr. 29 | National Health Organizations Announce COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training

Apr. 27 | State Associations Release Roadmap to Recovery from COVID-19

Apr. 16 | Funding Public Health Should Always be a Priority

Apr. 10 | Scaling Up Public Health Contact Investigation Key to America's Recovery: New Report Finds 100,000 Disease Investigators Needed Now

Apr. 9 | Nation’s Public Health Leaders Urge President Trump to Use All Available Authorities to Quickly Produce Testing Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment

Apr. 3 | ASTHO Statement on Use of Face Coverings by the General Public to Prevent Spread of COVID-19

Mar. 27 | ASTHO Statement on Easing Public Health Measures Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

Mar. 27 | Public Health Organizations Applaud Funding for Data Modernization Initiative

Mar. 23 | J.T. Lane Joins ASTHO Executive Team as Chief Population Health and Innovation Officer

Mar. 20 | COVID-19 Testing Needs to Be Limited to Priority Groups Until Sufficient Testing Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment is Available Nationwide

Mar. 13 | ASTHO Statement Following COVID-19 National Emergency Declaration

Mar. 10 | Mississippi State Department of Health Officer Thomas Dobbs Testifies on COVID-19

Mar. 4 | ASTHO Urges Swift Approval of COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Funding

Mar. 4 | Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike Testifies on COVID-19

Feb. 25 | ASTHO and NACCHO Host Joint Public Health Advocacy Day to Highlight Underfunded U.S. Governmental Public Health System

Feb. 24 | Governmental Public Health Leaders Request Emergency Supplemental Funding for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Efforts

Feb. 10 | ASTHO Statement on President’s FY21 Budget Proposal

Feb. 5 | Public Health Departments Are Prepared for Outbreaks

Feb. 3 | ASTHO Statement on U.S. Life Expectancy Increase

Jan. 21 | Health Officials React to First Coronavirus Case in the United States

Jan. 14 | Health Officials Testify Before House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on State Efforts to Address Opioid Epidemic

Dec. 20 | ASTHO and PIHOA Praise Approval of Medicaid Funding Fix for U.S. Territories

Dec. 17 | State and Territorial Health Leaders Applaud Bipartisan Work to Pass an FY20 Appropriations and Extenders Bill

Nov. 13 | ASTHO and George Mason University Innovate to Improve Public Health Through a New Academic and Practice Collaborative

Nov. 6 | Health Officials Seek to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences

Oct. 16 | Connecticut Health Official Renée Coleman-Mitchell Testifies on Vaping Illnesses

Oct. 8 | Three Leading National Public Health Organizations Ring the Alarm About All-Time Highs of STDs

Sept. 26 | Nation’s Public Health Officials Urge Americans to Stop Vaping

Sept. 25 | ASTHO Awards Public Health Leaders and Agencies for Service

Sept. 25 | Panel of State Public Health Officials Testify on Lung Disease Outbreak

Sept. 25 | Arkansas Department of Health Secretary Nate Smith Named ASTHO President

Sept. 24 | Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike Testifies on Lung Disease Outbreak

Sept. 12 | ASTHO Urges Increased Investment to Address Growing Obesity Epidemic

Sept. 12 | ASTHO Applauds Administration’s Decision to Halt Sales of Flavored E-Cigarettes

Aug. 29 | ASTHO Commends the Surgeon General Advisory About Marijuana Use on the Developing Brain

July 23 | ASTHO Urges Swift Approval of Bipartisan Budget Deal

May 23 | U.S. Territories Face Healthcare Cuts if Congress Does Not Address Impending Medicaid Financing Cliff

May 15 | ASTHO Members and Staff Named to Inaugural List of 40 Under 40 Public Health Leaders

May 13 | ASTHO Releases Latest Public Health Review Podcast Episode: CDC Director Robert Redfield Talks Opioids, HIV, and Vaccine Hesitancy

May 9 | ASTHO Member and Delaware Health Official Karyl Rattay Testifies on Nation’s Opioid Epidemic

May 8 | Health Officials Combat Nation’s Maternal Mortality Rates

May 2 | ASTHO Statement on House FY20 Appropriations Bill

Apr. 29 | Walgreens and Rite Aid Make Good Public Health Move on Raising Age to Purchase Tobacco, But More Is Needed

Apr. 9 | Supporting Governmental Public Health Should be a Congressional Priority Says Dr. Nathaniel Smith at Today’s House Appropriations Hearing

Apr. 2 | ASTHO Celebrates National Public Health Week

Mar. 11 | State and Local Health Officials at the Capitol to Urge Congress to Prioritize Funding for Public Health

Mar. 5 | Current Measles Outbreaks Should Alarm Every American and Highlight the Critical Importance of Vaccination Programs

Feb. 11 | ASTHO Urges Broad Tobacco Control Policies to Stop Youth E-Cigarette Use

Feb. 5 | ASTHO Commends President Trump's Commitment to Ending HIV Transmission by 2030