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New Opioid Reports Support ASTHO Call for Increased Investment in Prevention ARLINGTON, VA—Two reports released this week highlight the continued need for additional resources to combat the national opioid epidemic. A ...

John Wiesman Named ASTHO President ARLINGTON, VA—The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) announced the appointment of John Wiesman, secretary of health at the Washington State Department of Health, as ASTHO’s new ...

Health Officials Intensify Zika Prevention Efforts ARLINGTON, VA—State and territorial health officials are redoubling prevention efforts to address the serious public health threats associated with Zika virus and to protect the health of ...

ASTHO Executive Director Michael Fraser Responds to the Affordable Care Act Replacement Bill ARLINGTON, VA—“While millions of Americans may experience changes in their insurance coverage as part of the Affordable Care Act “repeal and ...

ASTHO Board Selects Michael Fraser to Serve as New Executive Director ARLINGTON, VA—The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) announced today that Michael Fraser, PhD, CAE, will serve as the organization’s executive ...

Juthani plans to focus presidency on the importance of public health and public health communications

ASTHO President Scott Harris, MD, MPH, Testifies to Congress Advocating for Sustainable and Predictable Public Health Funding ARLINGTON, VA — Scott Harris, MD, MPH, president of the Association of State and Territorial Health ...

An issue that public health wrestles with is how to combat racism as we would any other public health emergency. ASTHO’s board of directors has declared structural racism a public health emergency. And health equity is the number one ...

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Learn about federal health agencies' plans to operate during the upcoming government shutdown in this legislative alert.

The White House released President Biden's FY25 budget proposal, outlining the administration's funding priorities for the upcoming fiscal year.

On Oct. 26, 2023, House Speaker Johnson shared a letter to his colleagues laying out a tentative schedule for federal funding.

On November 14, 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a two-tiered short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open and avoid a shutdown later in the month.

Important Federal Funding Update! FY25 Federal Government Funding Update This legislative alert provides an update to the proposed FY25 funding continuing resolution. ASTHO issued a legislative alert yesterday detailing what seemed to be a ...

ASTHO Statement on House FY25 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill appropriations bill, fiscal year, public health programs, substance abuse, mental health, centers for disease control and prevention, territorial health departments, optimal ...

ASTHO Appoints Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH, as New Chief Executive Officer ARLINGTON, VA—The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) today announced that Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH, has been named as the organization's ...

ASTHO Welcomes New Leadership to Executive Team executive leadership, public relations, director of communications, nebraska department of health and human services, chief of staff, national public health information coalition, data ...

On October 25, 2023 ASTHO announced that Steven Stack, MD, MBA was named ASTHO's 81st president.

On May 2, 2023, ASTHO released a statement of support for the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology’s new report and recommendations for supporting the U.S. public health workforce.

On March 22, 2023, ASTHO released a statement on EPA's newly-proposed drinking water rule for six PFAS substances.