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How State and Territorial Health Departments Can Navigate Recent Executive Actions
One of tools presidents have to implement and drive their strategy are executive actions. Executive orders and presidential memoranda carry the force of law and allow presidents to move quickly, ...
Measles Outbreaks and School Exclusions: Public Health’s Authority to Protect Children and Stop the Spread of Disease
States can use strategies like school vaccination requirements to help combat the spread of communicable diseases that have robust availability of a highly effective vaccine, such as measles.
Long COVID Causes Health Policy Shifts Across States
Data reveals that nearly one third of COVID-19 patients experience one or more post-COVID conditions that linger for weeks or months after infection. The cause, duration, and potential treatments for ...
Social Distancing: How States are Handling Business Closures
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, states are using their emergency powers to authorize a variety of social distancing measures. This post is a summary of executive orders that have led to the ...
ASTHO’s Most Used Resources of 2021
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ASTHO's mission is to support, equip, and advocate for state and territorial health officials in their work of advancing the public's health and well-being. To that end, here are the 12 most ...