Update on State Legislative Sessions 2025
Recap the state legislative sessions in 2025 thus far, spanning maternal health, infectious disease, and other important public health issues.
Recap the state legislative sessions in 2025 thus far, spanning maternal health, infectious disease, and other important public health issues.
An Ounce of Prevention (and Public Health Fund) Is Worth a Pound of Cure Catherine Murphy The Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) is critical to state public health work. Historically it has faced cuts even though prevention has ...
Programa de Puerto Rico Apoya a las Poblaciones Vulneradas ASTHO Island Support El Programa de Equidad en Salud del Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico implementó una iniciativa innovadora para apoyar a diversas instituciones, con el ...
Discover measures that will allow you to truly and meaningfully track community engagement in public health.
States are taking steps to ban or limit the use of food dyes. Learn more about recent state legislation.
Meet ASTHO's new Chief Medical Officer, Susan Kansagra, and learn about her public health priorities in this blog post.
This article emphasizes the need to address upstream factors to improve the mental health of the public health workforce and reduce burnout.
This Mind the Gap article speaks to how Gen Z perceives burnout and “bore-out” in recent years, and how to combat it.
Learn how health departments can focus their infectious disease prevention efforts in this brief.
This page speaks to Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Communities, a national community designed to support AHD partnerships.
Use this PHAB downloadable workforce plan template to help plan your workforce strategy.
Learn about chairs of key committees in the 119th Congress, their priorities, and what may be in store for public health funding in this federal health policy update.
Learn more about DELPH Cohort 5 participants.
Good news and bad news on tobacco use: smoking rates are down but e-cigarette use continuing rapid rise among youth. Read how states are combating the problem.
Puerto Rico Program Supports Vulnerable Populations ASTHO Island Support Learn how Puerto Rico addresses social determinants of health and promotes equity among vulnerable populations. The Puerto Rico Department of Health’s Health Equity ...
This blog post highlights strategies to support the public health workforce, including improved compensation and other benefits.
State and territorial health officials gathered on Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers and discuss public health priorities—learn more about Hill Day in this blog post.
Learn how territorial and freely associated state health agencies can support community health workers and their vital work in this brief.