All COVID-19 Resources

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Proposed Vaccination Laws to Watch in the New Year

Health Policy Update,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

COVID and Special Populations,

COVID and Law/Policy,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Health Equity/Health Disparities,

Race and Public Health,

State Health Policy,

HIV,

Tobacco Control,

PFAS,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Mental Health,

Emergency Powers,

Rural Health,

Alabama,

California,

Colorado,

Florida,

Hawaii,

Indiana,

Louisiana,

Maine,

Mississippi,

Missouri,

New Hampshire,

New York,

West Virginia,

Andy Baker-White,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Education

Vaccines are one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century, as well as some of the most powerful and cost-effective tools to prevent disease, disparities, disability, and death ...

Reducing Vaccine Hesitancy for People Living With Disabilities

Brief,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Disability Inclusion,

Alabama,

Alaska,

Arizona,

Embedded

ASTHO, in collaboration with CDC, provided full-time disability and preparedness specialists to 17 jurisdictions to better meet the needs of people with disabilities. In this brief, specialists share ...

Strategies for Vaccinating People Who Are Homebased

Brief,

Emerging Infectious Diseases,

COVID Vaccine,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Delaware,

Mississippi,

Missouri,

Disability Inclusion,

COVID and Special Populations,

Embedded

According to the federal government, a homebased individual is someone who requires the help of another person or supportive device to leave the home, someone who is advised against leaving the home ...

FDA’s Approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: Five Things to Know

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Communication,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Emerging Infectious Diseases,

Federal Government Affairs,

Blog,

Preparedness,

Meredith Allen,

COVID and Law/Policy

On Aug. 23, 2021, the FDA announced full approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. ASTHO has answers to five key questions about the approval and what it means for state and ...

Understanding the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Workforce

COVID and Mental Health,

COVID and Workforce,

COVID Resilience,

Preparedness,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Vaccine Distribution,

Blog,

Joanne Pearsol,

Partnership,

Mental Health,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Public Health Workforce

The impact of the COVID-19 response on the public health workforce has been profoundly felt by employees and the agencies they serve. Across the country, unplanned leadership transitions, early ...

The Shifting Legal Landscape of COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements

Health Policy Update,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Federal Government Affairs,

State Health Policy,

Vaccine Distribution,

Preparedness,

Maggie Davis,

At-Risk Populations,

Disability Inclusion

As governments and private entities adopt COVID-19 vaccine protocols to protect health and safety, legal challenges are mounting. In some states, policymakers have proactively attempted to limit or ...