What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine
Many pharmaceutical companies urgently began developing a COVID-19 vaccine earlier this year to reduce the spread of the virus as the threat of a pandemic loomed. Fast forward several months and ...
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State Policy Actions to Support Long-Term Care Facilities During COVID-19 Response
As COVID-19 emerged and spread in the U.S., people working and residing in long-term care facilities have experienced a significant burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. As of Oct. 8, deaths ...
Prepping for Dual Disasters of COVID and Extreme Weather Events
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2020 has been a year of unprecedented events, and the past few months have already shown that they do not exist in a vacuum. While the country continues to respond and cope with the COVID-19 ...
Building More Equitable Health, Housing and Human Services Systems Post-Pandemic
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All too often, work in health, housing, and human services systems is siloed. However, when you move upstream and work together, these industries can address the root causes of health and social ...
Alabama’s Positive Transformation Through Cross-Cutting PHIG Workplans
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Alabama shares six ways a cross-cutting approach successfully impacted its PHIG workplan implementation.
Cross Sector Collaborations: Addressing Health Inequities in Access to Care Through Public Health and Transportation Partnerships
These states are connecting public health and transportation to improve access to healthcare—learn how in this report.
The Call to Join Public Health
In this episode, experts spoke with ASTHO about solutions to recruit new public health professionals and the partnerships forming around that endeavor.
Improving Indirect Cost Rate Use in Island Jurisdictions
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Learn how increasing the use of indirect cost rates in the territories and freely associated states can help improve public health financing in these jurisdictions.
Investing in Indiana’s Public Health Infrastructure Through Community-Driven Policy Change
Investing in Indiana’s Public Health Infrastructure Through Community-Driven Policy Change public health infrastructure, community driven policy, indiana state health commissioner, public health ...
Implementing Health in All Policies in the Climate Space
Implementing Health in All Policies in the Climate Space ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, HiAP lens, Health in all policies, climate change, climate space, flooding and ...
Investing in Public Health Infrastructure: Indiana's Success Story
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State and Local Health Officials at the Capitol to Urge Congress to Prioritize Funding for Public Health
State and Local Health Officials at the Capitol to Urge Congress to Prioritize Funding for Public Health ARLINGTON, VA—Over 80 state, local, and territorial health officials from across the country ...
Current Measles Outbreaks Should Alarm Every American and Highlight the Critical Importance of Vaccination Programs
Current Measles Outbreaks Should Alarm Every American and Highlight the Critical Importance of Vaccination Programs ARLINGTON, VA—John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH, secretary of health at the Washington State ...
ASTHO Executive Director Michael Fraser Responds to the Affordable Care Act Replacement Bill
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 ...
Vital Public Health Programs will be Eliminated with Passage of AHCA
Vital Public Health Programs will be Eliminated with Passage of AHCA ARLINGTON, VA—Michael Fraser, executive director of ASTHO, issued the following statement on the American Health Care Act: “With ...
Health Officials Seek Sustained Investments to Protect Moms and Babies
Health Officials Seek Sustained Investments to Protect Moms and Babies ARLINGTON, VA—Health officials say a new CDC study on Zika-associated birth defects is a stark reminder that emerging infectious ...
Strengthening Public Health Agencies for Safe and Healthy Communities
ASTHO Legislative Prospectus | Previewing 2023 state legislative actions to build public health infrastructure.
Improving Public Health Surveillance Through Interoperability, Data Standards, and Legislation
As patients move around the healthcare ecosystem, information from electronic health records must be available and understandable to help public health agencies identify threats to the health and ...
Data Exchange to Save Lives: IIS and HIE Relationships & The Laws Protecting Public Health Data
Two reports explore opportunities for improved public health action through immunization data sharing with health information exchanges, in addition to the broader legal landscape of public health ...
States Work to Support Rural Hospitals Despite Pandemic Challenges
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When rural hospitals close, it increases the distance people must travel for essential healthcare services. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and magnified the factors leading to rural hospital ...