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Updated Rundown of State and Territorial COVID-19 Mask Requirements

Health Policy Update,
COVID Community Mitigation,
COVID Law and Policy,
State,
Territorial,
Federal,
Public Health Law,
Pandemics,
Women-Infant-Family Health,
Alabama,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Washington DC,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Montana,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island,
Texas,
Vermont,
Virgin Islands,
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Andy Baker-White

Several states and territories, as well as many local governments, are going beyond recommendations and requiring individuals to wear face coverings when they are in public settings and spaces (i.e. ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Data Modernization and Privacy Protections

Health Policy Update,
State,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Informatics,
California,
Colorado,
Delaware,
Illinois,
Maryland,
Nebraska,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
Virginia,
Wyoming,
Maggie Davis,
Data Modernization

ASTHO notes the top state public health policy issues in an annual Legislative Prospectus series. ASTHO is publishing a prospectus for the top 10 policy issues to watch in 2022. This week we are ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Public Health Workforce

Health Policy Update,
State,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Mental Health,
COVID Behavioral and Mental Health,
COVID Workforce,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Georgia,
Montana,
Nevada,
New York,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
Tennessee,
Utah,
Maggie Davis

Continuing ASTHO’s Legislative Prospectus series—which highlights the top 10 public health policy issues for 2022—we are focusing this week on mental and behavioral health as well as supporting the ...

The Youth Mental Health Crisis: States Invest in Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention Strategies

Health Policy Update,
COVID Behavioral and Mental Health,
ACEs,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
State,
Oregon,
Texas,
Rhode Island,
Oklahoma,
Illinois,
Washington,
Maggie Davis,
Robin Matthies,
Disability Inclusion,
Evidence-Based,
Data Modernization,
Informatics,
LGBTQ+,
SDoH,
At-Risk Populations

Following disruptions to daily life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency departments saw an increase of mental health-related visits. A June 2021 study showed a significant increase of mental ...

Shifting Legal Landscape of Public Health and Places of Worship

Health Policy Update,
COVID Community Mitigation,
COVID Law and Policy,
State,
Federal,
Public Health Law,
Emergency Powers,
Arizona,
California,
Colorado,
Florida,
Indiana,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Utah,
Maggie Davis

Reconciling the tension between public health and civil liberties is one of the most significant challenges of public health law and ethics. The Supreme Court of the United States historically upheld ...

The Legal Framework for Administering COVID-19 Vaccines

Health Policy Update,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID Law and Policy,
COVID Healthcare Systems,
Federal,
State,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Pandemics,
Maggie Davis,
Delaware,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
New Hampshire,
Oregon

Anticipating a rapid deployment of COVID-19 vaccines as they are authorized, the CDC developed COVID-19 Vaccination Program Operational Guidance in collaboration with state and local jurisdictions to ...

Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

Health Policy Update,
COVID Community Mitigation,
COVID Law and Policy,
COVID Preparedness,
Tribal,
Emergency Powers,
State,
Insular Areas,
Alabama,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Washington DC,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Florida,
Georgia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Marshall Islands,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Palau,
Pennsylvania,
Puerto Rico,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virgin Islands,
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are ...

Recent Federal Actions Spur Changes to Children's Blood Lead Level Screenings and Response

Health Policy Update,
COVID Health Equity and Health Disparities,
COVID Special Population,
COVID Law and Policy,
Early Brain Development,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Delaware,
Iowa,
New Jersey,
North Carolina,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Federal,
State,
Ali Aslam,
Access to Care,
At-Risk Populations

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for screening children’s blood lead levels, as screening rates across the country dropped during stay-at-home orders. A substantive federal policy ...

Who Are the Vaccinators? A Look at the Vaccination Workforce

COVID Workforce,
COVID Vaccine,
Health Policy Update,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Kansas,
Arkansas,
Indiana,
Maine,
Minnesota,
North Dakota,
South Carolina,
Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Oregon,
Maryland,
Pennsylvania,
California,
Illinois,
Adrianna Evans,
Maggie Davis,
People of Public Health,
COVID Healthcare Systems,
Federal,
State,
Public Health Infrastructure

As the U.S. continues to undertake the largest vaccination campaign in almost a century, it has required government at all levels to surge workforce capacity. The federal government, states, ...

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Mental Health

Health Policy Update,
At-Risk Populations,
Rural,
Mental Health,
Suicide Prevention,
State,
Alabama,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
Colorado,
Delaware,
Florida,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
New Jersey,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Virginia,
Washington DC,
West Virginia,
Maggie Davis,
LGBTQ+

Continuing ASTHO’s Legislative Prospectus series—which highlights the top 10 public health policy issues for 2022—this post focuses on mental and behavioral health, as well as supporting the public ...

As Families Seek More Work / Life Balance, States Consider Leave Policies

Health Policy Update,
State,
Women-Infant-Family Health,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Hawaii,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
New Jersey,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
Virginia,
Washington,
Beth Giambrone

Paid family and medical leave policies are important tools for reducing health disparities, improving parent and child health, preventing COVID-19 transmission, and supporting other public health ...

More States Consider Restricting Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products

Health Policy Update,
State,
Tobacco Control,
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arkansas,
Connecticut,
Washington DC,
Florida,
Hawaii,
Indiana,
Kansas,
Maryland,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Dakota,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Vermont,
Maggie Davis

A pressing public health issue before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the need for public health interventions to reduce tobacco use is heightened with a strong association between tobacco use, in all ...

State Legislative Activity Supports Federal Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Initiative

Health Policy Update,
HIV,
Opioids,
Arizona,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Massachusetts,
Missouri,
New Jersey,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island,
Virginia,
State,
Rachel Scheckman,
LGBTQ+,
Evidence-Based,
Syndemic-Related Infections

Across the nation, public health agencies have mounted herculean efforts to stem the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing a pre-existing HIV epidemic and an opioid crisis that is serving as a source ...