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On January 12, 2023, ASTHO Immediate Past President, and Director of the Maine CDC, Nirav D. Shah, MD, JD, has been tapped to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as Principal Deputy Director.  

On May 20, 2021, ASTHO announced the addition of two executive public health leaders, Lindsey Myers, MPH, and Jamie Pina, PhD, MSPH, to its expanding team. Myers joins the organization as vice president of social and behavioral health and ...

On April 15, 2021, ASTHO member and public health leader Tracie Collins, MD, MPH, MHCDS, secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health, testified before a Senate subcommittee on the importance of disseminating accurate, timely ...

On April 9, 2021, ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser issued a statement applauding President Biden's proposed investment in public health in his fiscal year 2022 discretionary budget request.

On March 3, 2021, ASTHO members gathered virtually for Hill Day, to provide members of Congress with an update on the COVID-19 response in their states and territories and to discuss how federal funding is being used in state, territorial, ...

State Health Officials Urge Families to Take Preventive Measures During Current Respiratory Virus Surge astho, association of state and territorial health organizations, anne zink, joseph kanter, manisha juthani, respiratory virus surge, ...

On August 9, 2022, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, released a statement on the declaration of monkeypox as a national public health emergency.

On Aug. 3, 2022, ASTHO and the de Beaumont Foundation announced the 2021 PH WINS findings. They provide a unique snapshot of the state and local government public health workforce.

ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, Comments on COVID-19 Vaccine Approval for Children Ages Six Months to Five Years ARLINGTON, VA—Today, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Chief Medical Officer ...

On Nov. 19, 2020, ASTHO released a statement warning that because of an exponential increase in new infections of COVID-19 nationwide, government officials will have to significantly adjust their response activities to prevent new ...

On Oct. 15, 2020, ASTHO and the Association of Immunization Managers released a statement urging Congress to provide emergency supplemental funding for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration.

On April 29, 2020, ASTHO and the National Coalition of STD Directors announced Making Contact, a new course to prepare new contact tracers for their work of helping identify COVID-19 positive cases and those with whom they have been in ...

On April 16, 2020, ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser issued a statement praising the findings of a Trust for America's Health report, The Impact of Chronic Underfunding on America’s Public Health System: Trends, Risks and Recommendations, 2020.

On March 27, 2020, ASTHO and several partner organization released a statement applauding Congress for its commitment to public health data modernization in the CARES Act.

On March 23, 2020, ASTHO issued a statement welcoming former Louisiana state health official J.T. Lane, MPH as the ogranization's new Chief Population Health and Innovation Officer.

On Feb. 3, 2020, Nathaniel Smith, MD, MPH, ASTHO president and secretary of health for Arkansas, released a statement in response to new CDC data, indicating that life expectancy in the U.S. rose for the first time in four years.

ASTHO, NACCHO, and NCSD warn of rising tide of STDs threatening millions of American lives

Health Officials Combat Nation’s Maternal Mortality Rates ARLINGTON, VA—State and territorial health officials are assessing maternal care programs within their states to address the rise in maternal deaths across the nation. According to ...

ASTHO Urges Broad Tobacco Control Policies to Stop Youth E-Cigarette Use ARLINGTON, VA—New CDC data finds that more high school and middle school students are using tobacco products and that e-cigarettes, such as JUUL, are largely to ...

Health Officials Alarmed by Declining U.S. Vaccination Rates, Country Could Face Scenario Like Europe's Measles Outbreak ARLINGTON, VA—The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is concerned about the latest ...