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Tick-Borne Disease Warning Signs in State Parks

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Environmental Health,
Vector-Borne Disease,
Environmental Health Informatics and Surveillance,
Population Health and Prevention,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Michigan,
New York,
Wisconsin,
Courtney Anderson,
Kathy Dolan

Though late spring and summer is considered “tick season,” ticks are still a threat in the fall as many areas of the country continue to see temperatures that ticks can thrive later and later in the year, and as people continue to get ...

States Offer Flexibility to Shore Up Healthcare Workforce

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID Testing and Screening,
COVID and Workforce,
Alaska,
Delaware,
Guam,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
Washington, D.C.,
COVID and Law/Policy

This Health Policy Update is an overview of policy strategies that states have taken at the executive and legislative levels to increase the healthcare workforce to more effectively and efficiently respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Congressional Efforts to Bolster Contact Tracing Workforce

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Recovery,
COVID and Workforce,
Members,
Public Health Workforce,
Andy Slavitt,
Josh Sharfstein,
Vivek Murthy,
Funding,
Advocacy,
Partnership

As the response to COVID-19 transitions from response to recovery, advocacy efforts continue to intensify on Capitol Hill, to help shape negotiations on the fifth emergency supplemental package.

States Tackle the Climbing Maternal Mortality Rate in the U.S.

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Health Equity,
Race and Public Health,
Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
Oklahoma,
Vermont,
West Virginia

There are two alarming health trends on the rise affecting women across the United States: maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. This post is an overview of legislative activity from the current session to address the high ...

What You Need to Know About Federal Emergency Supplemental Funding for COVID-19

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID Testing and Screening

To prepare and respond to COVID-19, Congress and the administration approved three emergency supplemental bills for the federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal governmental agencies. This post outlines some key points to keep in ...

More States Authorizing the Use of Overdose Fatality Review Teams

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Substance Misuse,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Overdose Prevention

Overdose fatality reviews allow states to examine and understand the circumstances surrounding fatal drug overdoses. Knowing the who, what, when, where, and how of fatal overdoses provides a better sense of the strategies and coordination ...