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 ...

Organizations Call on HHS to Renew Public Health Emergency Declaration

COVID and Law/Policy,

Public Health News,

Preparedness

On June 30, 2020, a group of public health and science organizations issued a letter urging Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Azar to maintain the Public Health Emergency Declaration ...

ASTHO Urges Swift Approval of COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Funding

Public Health News,

COVID and Law/Policy

On March 4, 2020, ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser issued a statement urging Congress to pass the bipartisan COVID-19 emergency funding legislation and encouraging President Trump to sign it into law.

The Legal Framework for Administering COVID-19 Vaccines

Health Policy Update,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Law/Policy,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

Federal Government Affairs,

State Health Policy,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Emergency Powers,

Public Health Law,

Pandemics,

Maggie Davis,

Delaware,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Maryland,

Minnesota,

Missouri,

New Hampshire,

Oregon

Anticipating a rapid deployment of COVID-19 vaccines as they are authorized, the CDC developed COVID-19 Vaccination Program Operational Guidance in collaboration with state and local jurisdictions to ...

The Seven Biggest Public Health Policy Issues on the Hill in 2020

Health Policy Update,

Federal Government Affairs,

Pandemics,

Emergency Powers,

Public Health Law,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Tobacco Control,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Race and Public Health,

Funding,

Healthcare Access,

Jeffrey O. Ekoma,

Data Modernization

As a truly historic year comes to an end, many public health policy issues received a considerable amount of attention in 2020. Subjects such as the pandemic that will live on in infamy, racial ...

Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

Health Policy Update,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Law/Policy,

COVID Preparedness,

Tribal Health,

Emergency Powers,

State Health Policy,

Territories and Freely Associated States,

Alabama,

Alaska,

American Samoa,

Arizona,

Arkansas,

California,

Colorado,

Connecticut,

Delaware,

Washington, D.C.,

Federated States of Micronesia,

Florida,

Georgia,

Guam,

Hawaii,

Idaho,

Illinois,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Kansas,

Kentucky,

Louisiana,

Maine,

Marshall Islands,

Maryland,

Massachusetts,

Michigan,

Minnesota,

Mississippi,

Missouri,

Montana,

Nebraska,

Nevada,

New Hampshire,

New Jersey,

New Mexico,

New York,

North Carolina,

North Dakota,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Ohio,

Oklahoma,

Oregon,

Palau,

Pennsylvania,

Puerto Rico,

Rhode Island,

South Carolina,

South Dakota,

Tennessee,

Texas,

Utah,

Vermont,

Virgin Islands,

Virginia,

West Virginia,

Wisconsin,

Wyoming,

Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are ...

What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine

Health Policy Update,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

COVID and Communication,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Pandemics,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Accreditation,

Emma Lange

Many pharmaceutical companies urgently began developing a COVID-19 vaccine earlier this year to reduce the spread of the virus as the threat of a pandemic loomed. Fast forward several months and ...

State Policy Actions to Support Long-Term Care Facilities During COVID-19 Response

Health Policy Update,

COVID and Capacity,

COVID and Funding,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

COVID and Workforce,

COVID and Law/Policy,

State Health Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Public Health Law,

Pandemics,

Accreditation,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Ashley Ottewell,

Kate Heyer,

Florida,

Indiana,

Kentucky,

Massachusetts,

Michigan,

Minnesota,

New Jersey,

Texas,

COVID Preparedness,

COVID and Special Populations

As COVID-19 emerged and spread in the U.S., people working and residing in long-term care facilities have experienced a significant burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. As of Oct. 8, deaths ...

How States are Handling School Vaccination Requirements in a Pandemic

Health Policy Update,

COVID and Special Populations,

COVID and Law/Policy,

COVID Vaccine,

Immunization,

State Health Policy,

Influenza,

Pandemics,

Connecticut,

Washington, D.C.,

Hawaii,

Massachusetts,

New Jersey,

North Carolina,

Ohio,

Pennsylvania,

Rhode Island,

Virginia,

Andy Baker-White,

Education,

Maine,

Illinois,

Infant and Child Health

Conditioning school attendance on student vaccinations is an evidence-based way of maintaining and increasing vaccine coverage. State law establishes school vaccination requirements which apply not ...

Health in the 2020 Political Party Platforms

Health Policy Update,

Federal Government Affairs,

Public Health Law,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

COVID and Funding,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Vaccine Distribution,

Pandemics,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Jeffrey O. Ekoma,

Partnership

In anticipation of the upcoming presidential election in November, the Republican and Democratic National Committees released their platforms. These platforms provide an overview of values, policies, ...