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Ending the HIV Epidemic: 40 Years of Progress

Infectious Disease,
HIV,
Healthcare Access,
Arizona,
California,
Washington, D.C.,
New Jersey,
Anna Bartels,
Tequam Worku,
Illinois,
Virginia,
Nevada,
Pennsylvania,
Minnesota,
Health Policy Update,
State Health Policy,
At-Risk Populations,
Federal Government Affairs,
Data Modernization and Informatics

This June marked the 40-year anniversary of the first five cases of what later became known as AIDS reported in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Since then, more than 32 million people ...

States Seek to Protect the Workers Who Feed America

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
At-Risk Populations,
Social Determinants of Health,
Rural Health,
California,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
New Jersey,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Leah Silva

Responsible for planting, growing, harvesting, processing, and preparing the food we eat, agricultural workers are essential workers during the COVID-19 response to keep the U.S. food supply chain ...

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

Health Policy Update,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Early Brain Development,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Delaware,
Iowa,
New Jersey,
North Carolina,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Federal Government Affairs,
State Health Policy,
Ali Aslam,
Healthcare Access,
At-Risk Populations,
Infant and Child Health

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 ...

Modernizing State HIV Laws: Legislation to Prevent and Decriminalize HIV

Health Policy Update,
Social Determinants of Health,
HIV,
At-Risk Populations,
Infectious Disease,
State Health Policy,
Arizona,
Washington, D.C.,
Florida,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
North Dakota,
Pennsylvania,
Virginia,
Maggie Davis

Though we’ve made progress on the number of HIV cases in the U.S, tens of thousands of Americans are diagnosed with HIV each year—a disproportionate number being people of color. In 2019, the federal ...

How States Are Housing the Homeless During a Pandemic

Health Policy Update,
At-Risk Populations,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Special Populations,
State Health Policy,
COVID and Funding,
Health in All Policies,
Social Determinants of Health,
COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,
Injury and Violence Prevention,
Alabama,
Alaska,
Arizona,
California,
Connecticut,
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Vermont,
Washington, D.C.

Policymakers seek to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by focusing on non-congregate sheltering and alternative housing for unhoused populations.