All COVID-19 Resources

BONUS: Fighting the Next COVID-19 Wave

Podcast,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Healthcare Access,

Members,

Robert Johnson,

Joseph Kanter,

Karyl Thomas Rattay,

Nirav Shah

This bonus episode is taken from a virtual news conference on Thursday, July 29, 2021. In it, Nirav Shah (Maine), Karyl Rattay (Delaware), and Joseph Kanter (Louisiana), discuss the latest issues ...

BONUS: Making Technology Work for Rapidly Changing Public Health Needs

Podcast,

COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Vaccine Distribution,

Robert Johnson,

Jim Ivey

On this bonus episode, Jim Ivey, chief operating officer at Chexout, discusses the importance of interoperability and makes the case that public health organizations need to invest in software that ...

Misinformation and the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

Podcast,

COVID and Communication,

COVID Vaccine,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Members,

Maine,

Robert Johnson,

Joe Smyser,

Nirav Shah

Nirav Shah, Director of Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Joe Smyser, CEO of Public Good Projects, discuss countering COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.

Website Accessibility: Enhancing Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Registration and Beyond

Brief,

Elimination of Disparities,

At-Risk Populations,

Vaccine Distribution,

Disability Inclusion,

COVID and Special Populations,

COVID and Communication,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

Haley Burrous

For many individuals living with disabilities, inaccessible vaccination websites have been a significant barrier to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Recent studies have found that many vaccination ...

Public Health Policy Issues to Watch in 2021

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Influenza,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

HIV,

Tobacco Control,

Opioids,

Overdose Prevention,

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,

Risk-Appropriate Care,

Public Health Law,

Emergency Powers,

Rural Health,

Healthcare Access,

Andy Baker-White,

Beth Giambrone,

Maggie Davis,

PFAS,

Evidence or Fact-Based Measures

With many of the state and territorial legislatures reconvening over the next few weeks, we can look forward to new (and not-so-new) legislation start to crop up that will impact public health. To ...

ASTHO’s Public Health Resolutions for 2021

ASTHO News,

Race and Public Health,

Mental Health,

Suicide Prevention,

Injury and Violence Prevention,

Rural Health,

HIV,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

PFAS,

Telehealth,

Accreditation,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Tobacco Control,

Blog,

Alannah Kittle,

Cara Person,

Kristi Meadows,

Vector-Borne Disease

Every year, ASTHO performs an annual environmental scan to identify these policy and programmatic priorities. The most recent scan occurred from June 2019 to May 2020. Through ongoing collection of ...

States Consider Expanding Scope of Flu Vaccine Policies

Health Policy Update,

COVID Vaccine,

State Health Policy,

Influenza,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Arkansas,

Indiana,

Massachusetts,

New Jersey,

New York,

Oklahoma,

Texas,

Virginia,

Maggie Davis,

COVID and Community Mitigation

The 2019-2020 flu season had approximately 5 million fewer illnesses than the previous year. Thanks to COVID-19 mitigation efforts like social distancing and increased handwashing—coupled with a ...

Flu Activity Rising: It’s Time to Get the Vaccine!

Health Equity,

Vaccine Distribution,

Influenza,

Blog,

Kim Martin,

Morgan Jade

The 2020-2021 influenza season in the United States was historically quiet since so many people took steps to mitigate COVID-19 exposure (e.g., masking, hand washing, travel restrictions, and school ...

Legislative Prospectus: Immunization

Legislative Prospectus,

State Health Policy,

Immunization,

COVID Preparedness,

COVID Resilience,

COVID Vaccine,

Arizona,

Arkansas,

California,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Minnesota,

New Hampshire,

New Jersey,

Oklahoma,

Tennessee,

West Virginia,

Wisconsin

In-depth analysis on state health policy surrounding immunization. This is part of ASTHO's annual legislative prospectus series.

BONUS: Bringing Telehealth Into the Future With MyVax

Podcast,

COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,

COVID Testing and Screening,

COVID and Telehealth,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Communication,

Telehealth,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Robert Johnson,

Stanley Campbell

On this bonus episode of Public Health Review, we chat with Stanley Campbell, CEO and CTO EagleForce. Campbell is an expert in artificial intelligence who knows how to leverage data in the fight ...