Public Health Review Morning Edition

212: Best of ME: LGBTQI+ Health Equity

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This special edition revisits Episode 201 of Public Health Review Morning Edition from June 16th. Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota Health Commissioner, discu...

211: Monkeypox Response

01 Jul 2022

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, discusses the growing concern over the monkeypox virus; Ellen Pliska, ASTHO's Family and Child Heal...

210: Responses to Gun Violence

30 Jun 2022

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Lindsey Myers, ASTHO's Vice President for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses a new blog article she authored with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcu...

209: New Tool Predicts PH Risks

29 Jun 2022

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Dr. Lisa Lines, Senior Health Services Researcher with RTI International, discusses a new tool built to help public health leaders measure, predict, a...

208: Inclusive Communications Tips

28 Jun 2022

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Susan Laird, a health communication specialist with the CDC, discusses the need to use more inclusive communication when working with individuals or g...

207: How to Address Burnout

27 Jun 2022

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Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect, reflects on the problem of burnout among health care providers; Amelia Poulin, Senior Analyst for Infectious Dis...

206: New Tobacco Policy Recommendations

24 Jun 2022

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Dawn Berkowitz, Chair of the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee, discusses a new policy recommendations guide released by the group; Liz Hend...

205: Why Listening is Important in Public Health

23 Jun 2022

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Dr. Randall Williams, Missouri's former Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, joins us for a special edition of the newscast to di...

204: Smart Approaches to Brain Health

22 Jun 2022

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Dr. Jewel Mullen, Associate Dean for Health Equity in the Office of Health Equity at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, offers her...

203: Support for Syringe Services

21 Jun 2022

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Dr. Denise Johnson, Pennsylvania's Acting Secretary of Health, explains how a statewide law permitting syringe services would give cover and funding t...

202: Equity on Juneteenth

17 Jun 2022

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Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, and Dr. Arthur James, a retired OB/GYN and pe...

201: LGBTQI+ Health Equity

16 Jun 2022

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Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota's Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensure health equity for people in the nation's LGBTQI+ community; Dr. Kimberlee W...

200: Common Ground on Gun Violence Responses

15 Jun 2022

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, discusses the tragedy of gun violence in America and its connection to men's mental health; Dr. Randa...

199: Juneteenth Webinar Examines Racism, Health Equity Link

14 Jun 2022

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Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, will host a discussion featuring comments fro...

198: Children's COVID-19 Vaccine Outlook

13 Jun 2022

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Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the WHERE, discusses vaccines and what to expect for the rest of this year as panels for b...

197: Preparing for Monkeypox

10 Jun 2022

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, discusses the three-step approach to combat Monkeypox in the U.S.; Dr. Jinlene Chan, Maryland's Dep...

196: Gun Violence and Public Health

09 Jun 2022

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Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Health Commissioner, explains how public health ought to respond to a recent spate of shootings that have left dozens dead an...

195: Hospitals Prepping for COVID Surge

08 Jun 2022

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Akin Demehin, Senior Director of Quality and Patient Safety Policy with the American Hospital Association, explains how hospitals are preparing for th...

194: Pain in the Nation Report

07 Jun 2022

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Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of the Trust for America's Health, details a new report that offers disturbing data on the drug, alcohol, and ...

193: A New Way to Address Dementia

06 Jun 2022

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Chelsea Kline, Associate Director of the Center of Excellence with the Alzheimer's Association, discusses a workshop planned in July that will give pu...

192: Helping LGBTQI+ Youth

03 Jun 2022

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Admiral Rachel Levine, the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, explains how recent negative rhet...

191: New Mental Health Commission

02 Jun 2022

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Lynn Gallagher, former New Mexico State Health Director, explains how a new commission created by the New Mexico Supreme Court will work to address th...

190: Learning to Live with COVID-19

01 Jun 2022

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Justa Encarnacion, Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health, discusses the differences and similarities in responding to COVID-19 ...

189: Encouraging the Public Health Workforce

31 May 2022

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Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health, looks back on the past 13 years of her career in Public Health. She has this con...

188: Funding the Future of Public Health

27 May 2022

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Mike Fraser, Chief Executive Officer for ASTHO, discusses the need for the continued funding of public health. Fraser also elaborates on the unique ch...

187: Fighting COVID-19 Fatigue

26 May 2022

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Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, fresh off her time at the ASTHO COVID-19 Summit in Washington D.C., ...

186: 2022 COVID-19 Strategy Session

25 May 2022

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, joins the show from the ASTHO COVID-19 Summit in Washington D.C. to discuss his expectations from t...

185: Teen Mental Health Campaign

24 May 2022

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Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, explains the Forward Together campaign; Dr. James ...

184: Advice for PH Officials

23 May 2022

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Dr. Lisa Piercey, Tennessee's Health Commissioner, reflects on her time in office as she prepares to leave her position at the end of this week; Dr. L...

183: COVID-19 Fast Track

20 May 2022

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Gaafar Uherbelau, the Minister of Health in Palau, discusses the COVID-19 pandemic making landfall last December; Angela Minicuci, former Communicatio...

182: Consulting School Nurses

19 May 2022

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Linda Mendonca, President of the National Association of School Nurses, discusses nurses needing a break, but also wanting more input regarding school...

181: Messaging the Baby Formula Crisis

18 May 2022

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Brian Dittmeier, Senior Director of Public Policy at the National WIC Association, tells us how public health agencies can support parents through the...

180: Public Health Data Wishlist

17 May 2022

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Lena Sun, National Health Reporter at The Washington Post, joined a closing panel at last week's ASTHO Public Health Tech Expo to offer her wishlist f...

179: Public Health Recruits

16 May 2022

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Dr. Brian Dixon, Associate Professor at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, says the workforce pipeline is filling up...

178: Data Obstacles and Opportunities

13 May 2022

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Dr. David Rhew, Microsoft's Global Chief Medical Officer, says there is technology available to help public health agencies standardize and modernize ...

177: Public Health's Golden Moment

12 May 2022

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Dr. John Halamka, President of the Mayo Clinic Platform, kicked off the second day of ASTHO's Public Health TechXpo urging public health leaders to ta...

176: Smart Health Cards

11 May 2022

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ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says continued federal investment can help keep the nation on the right track in the fight against the ...

175: Tracking Threats to Pregnancy Health

10 May 2022

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Dr. Karen Remley, Director of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities with the CDC, discusses the SET-NET project to prote...

174: Slow Uptake for COVID Therapies

09 May 2022

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Dr. Manisha Juthani, Connecticut's Public Health Commissioner, explains why providers may not be prescribing COVID-19 therapeutics; ASTHO publishes a ...

173: Talking About Ticks

06 May 2022

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Tamyra Porter, a partner at Guidehouse, explains a project to improve disease surveillance; Sara Robinson, an epidemiologist working for the Maine Cen...

172: How to Rebuild Public Trust

05 May 2022

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Dr. Ed Ehlinger, Minnesota's former health commissioner, reacts to the Harvard poll that says most people trust their public health department; Dr. Sc...

171: Protecting Public Health Authority

04 May 2022

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, defends public health authority after a recent federal court ruling tossed the requirement for mask...

170: Hepatitis Alert

03 May 2022

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Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama's State Health Officer, discusses how states and territories are on alert for cases of hepatitis and adenovirus in children;...

169: Listening Builds PH Trust

02 May 2022

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Ioana Ungureanu, ASTHO's Senior Analyst for Public and Behavioral Health Integration, discusses a new ASTHO report outlining 10 high-level strategies ...

168: All-Star TechXpo Lineup Revealed

29 Apr 2022

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J.T. Lane, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Population Health and Innovation, tells us who is on the agenda to speak during the Public Health TechXpo ...

167: TechXpo Preview

28 Apr 2022

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J.T. Lane, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Population Health and Innovation, explains how public health has a unique opportunity to modernize its dat...

166: PH Workforce Opportunities

27 Apr 2022

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Dr. Leslie Dauphin from the CDC discusses the nation's public health workforce and the way forward; Emi Chutaro, Executive Director of the Pacific Isl...

165: New Healthy Aging Program

26 Apr 2022

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The Trust for America's Health unveils a new program to give agencies credit for their work promoting healthy aging; ASTHO delivers a report and hosts...

164: California's COVID-19 Plan

25 Apr 2022

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Dr. Erica Pan, California's State epidemiologist, outlines the next phase of California's COVID-19 response; Dr. Nicole Bhave, a cardiologist at the U...

163: Mask Mandate Ruling

22 Apr 2022

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Andy Baker-White, ASTHO's Senior Director for State Health Policy, discusses the impact of this week's federal court ruling striking down the mask req...

162: Helping the PH Workforce

21 Apr 2022

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Dr. Bruce Perry, psychiatrist and author, tells public health leaders how they can help their frontline workers manage stress caused by the pandemic; ...

161: Hope for the PH Workforce

20 Apr 2022

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Dr. Bruce Perry offers encouragement for the public health workforce; Dr. Gillian SteelFisher explains how public health leaders might use the informa...

160: Variant Fatigue

19 Apr 2022

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Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of Health at the Vermont Department of Health, explains how the COVID BA.2 sub-variant is being received by people in hi...

159: Do People Trust Public Health?

18 Apr 2022

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Dr. Gillian SteelFisher, Deputy Director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program, says a recent poll finds most U.S. adults think public health agenci...

158: Best of ME– Epidemiologists Needed

15 Apr 2022

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Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, explains the critical need to hire hundreds of epidemiologists in public heal...

157: Health Equity Report Card

14 Apr 2022

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Dr. Leandris Liburd, the CDC's Chief Health Equity Officer, talks about her job and the work underway to improve health equity in the U.S.; ASTHO has ...

156: STD Awareness

13 Apr 2022

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Jessica Baggett, ASTHO's Director of COVID-19 Response, explains the strategies included in ASTHO's new COVID-19 management plan; Dr. John Hellerstedt...

155: Defining Health – Public Health Week

12 Apr 2022

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Nathaniel Counts with the non-profit Mental HeaIth America explains the effort to redefine health to include a consideration of mental wellness, as we...

154: Climate Health – Public Health Week

11 Apr 2022

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Dr. John Balbus, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, explains the connection between weather and population health as part of our c...

153: Equity Gap – Public Health Week

08 Apr 2022

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Joan Adam, South Dakota's Secretary of Health, discusses the health equity gap as part of our recognition of National Public Health Week; Dr. Jose Mon...

152: Health as a Human Right – Public Health Week

07 Apr 2022

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Dr. Denise Johnson, Pennsylvania's Physician General, tells us why health is a human right, as we continue our examination of the themes for this year...

151: Collaboration – Public Health Week

06 Apr 2022

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Dr. Joseph Kanter, Louisiana's State Health Officer, explains the importance of collaboration and resilience in public health; ASTHO considers two sta...

150: Workforce - Public Health Week

05 Apr 2022

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Dr. Laura Parajon, New Mexico's Deputy Secretary of Health, reacts to the findings of the new PH WINS survey and tells us how we can begin to support ...

149: Health Equity - Public Health Week

04 Apr 2022

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Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, says health equity impacts every public health consideration; the ...

148: Public Health Under Attack

01 Apr 2022

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Dr. Brian Castrucci, CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, says the results of a national survey of public health workers indicate a workforce under atta...

147: The Looming Medicaid Purge

31 Mar 2022

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Caroline Brazeel, ASTHO's Senior Director for Population Health and Innovation, explains how states and territories are preparing for the moment when ...

146: Boosting Vaccine Uptake

30 Mar 2022

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ASTHO and the de Beaumont Foundation release early results of a new survey of America's public health workforce; ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcu...

145: New Youth Tobacco Use Survey

29 Mar 2022

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Dr. Andrea Gentzke, a health scientist in the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, reviews the findings of the latest National Youth Tobacco Survey; Ja...

144: ASTHO Turns 80 Today

23 Mar 2022

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Dr. Leah Devlin, former ASTHO president and North Carolina state health official, reflects on ASTHO's support for state and territorial public health ...

143: NIH Study on Masking in Schools

22 Mar 2022

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Dr. Sonia Lee, Acting Branch Chief of the NICHD Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch at the National Institutes of Health, explains the fi...

142: America's Alarming Stress Levels

21 Mar 2022

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Dr. Vaile Wright, Senior Director of Healthcare Innovation for the American Psychological Association, explains a new poll that shows Americans are su...

141: A Doctor, Bears, and Public Health

18 Mar 2022

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Robin Matthies, ASTHO's Director of Social and Behavioral Health, tells you why you don't want to miss Dr. Bruce Perry at ASTHO's Insight and Inspirat...

140: COVID-19 Funding Options

17 Mar 2022

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Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, says Congress and the Administration are considering all the...

139: New Report on Public Health Readiness

16 Mar 2022

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Dara Lieberman, Director of Government Relations for the Trust for America's Health, explains the organization's "Ready or Not 2022" report assessing ...

138: New Healthy Aging Toolkit

15 Mar 2022

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Talyah Sands, ASTHO's Director of Health Improvement, describes a new toolkit to help public health agencies assess cognitive health needs and promote...

137: Opioids Get Presidential Attention

14 Mar 2022

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Dr. Cathy Slemp, West Virginia's former state health officer, reflects on President Biden's comments about America's opioid epidemic in his recent Sta...

136: Grassroots Vaccine Outreach

11 Mar 2022

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Dr. Anne Marie Murphy, Executive Director of Equal Hope in Chicago, explains the work her team does to reach unvaccinated populations with COVID-19 in...

135: Women in Public Health

10 Mar 2022

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Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, reflects on International Women's Day celebrated this week; Assistant Secretary...

134: Building Vaccine Trust

09 Mar 2022

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Dr. Anne Marie Murphy, Executive Director of Equal Hope in Chicago, discusses the work her organization is doing as part of the Community COVID Coalit...

133: ASTHO's 80th Anniversary Approaches

08 Mar 2022

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Mike Fraser, ASTHO's CEO, reflects on ASTHO's history as the organization prepares to celebrate 80 years on March 23rd; Heidi Westermann, ASTHO's Dire...

132: New Vaccine Equity Program

07 Mar 2022

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Geetika Nadkarni, ASTHO's Director of Infectious Diseases, outlines a new initiative aimed at reducing disparities in vaccination rates among adult ra...

131: ASTHO Reacts to New COVID-19 Plan

04 Mar 2022

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Mike Fraser, ASTHO's CEO, issues a statement offering early reaction to the Biden Administration's new National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan; Dr. Elisha...

130: ASTHO's State of the Union Response

03 Mar 2022

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Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, reacts to President Biden's comments about public health in ...

129: Messaging New COVID-19 Metrics

02 Mar 2022

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, says public health jurisdictions must have clear messaging when explaining the CDC's new community-...

128: Epidemiologists Needed

01 Mar 2022

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Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health Coalition, explains the critical need to hire hundreds of epidemiologists in public heal...

127: Territories Deliver Hill Messages

28 Feb 2022

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Dr. Esther Muna, Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation in the Northern Mariana Islands, and Dr. Carlos Mellado, Secretary...

126: Personal Stories Fight Vaccine Misinformation

25 Feb 2022

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Molly Howell, Immunization Director at the North Dakota Department of Health, says testimonials from people impacted by COVID-19 have helped make the ...

125: COVID-19 Antivirals

24 Feb 2022

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Dr. Lisa Piercey, Tennessee's Health Commissioner, says the increased availability of oral antiviral medications doesn't lessen the need for vaccines ...

124: ASTHO Heads to Capitol Hill

23 Feb 2022

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Carolyn McCoy, ASTHO's Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, shares how public health leaders will engage with Members of Congress today in v...

123: Territories Visit Capitol Hill

22 Feb 2022

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Alex Wheatley, a Senior Analyst on ASTHO's Territorial Support Team, explains the work Territorial members will do tomorrow during the organization's ...

122: ASTHO's New Resiliency Program

18 Feb 2022

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ASTHO announces a new resiliency program to support the strained public health workforce; Avia Mason, ASTHO's Vice President of Learning Strategy, out...

121: A Focus on Mental Health

17 Feb 2022

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Elke Shaw-Tulloch, Idaho's State Health Officer, shares her state's approach to addressing mental health concerns; ASTHO's Maggie Davis authors a blog...

120: Supporting Public Health Authority

16 Feb 2022

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Margret Cooke, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public Health, examines the value of public health authority when responding to a public health emergency...

119: Is COVID-19 in Retreat?

15 Feb 2022

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Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, says the COVID-19 virus may be in a welcomed retreat; Dr. Joe Gaugler tells us w...

118: Selling Vaccines to Younger Adults

14 Feb 2022

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Julie Scofield, Project Director for the Community COVID Coalition, a project of the CDC Foundation, reports on the results of a months-long social me...

117: ASTHO's New Strategic Plan

11 Feb 2022

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Zarnaaz Bashir, ASTHO's Deputy Chief Executive Officer, says the organization's new strategic plan was created during and influenced by the COVID-19 p...

116: Data Modernization Report Card

10 Feb 2022

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Dr. David Adinaro, New Jersey's Deputy Commissioner for Public Health, evaluates the state of the nation's public health data and information infrastr...

115: Cleaning Up Toxic Compounds

09 Feb 2022

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Alan Roberson, Executive Director of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, explains the growing interest in the risks of PFAS chemic...

114: How Federal Agencies Can Work Together

08 Feb 2022

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Dr. Josh Sharfstein, a former public health official in Maryland and principal deputy commissioner at the FDA from 2009 until 2011, says continued pub...

113: PH Workforce Recovery

07 Feb 2022

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Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO's Director of Workforce Development, explains how states and territories are working to help a weary public health workforce sur...