Public Health Review Morning Edition

112: Messaging COVID Vaccines to New Parents

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jose Romero, a pediatrician and Arkansas' Secretary of Health, says there's work to be done to prepare for the possibility of a vaccine for infant...

111: How to Modernize PH Data

03 Feb 2022

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Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO's Director of Workforce Development, says more than 40,000 public health professionals responded to the latest PHWins survey; Dr...

110: Healthy Home Improvements

02 Feb 2022

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Kristin Ahrens, Deputy Secretary of Pennsylvania's Office of Developmental Programs, says the pandemic crisis ultimately will make services for people...

109: Reflections on Black History Month

01 Feb 2022

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Dr. Ngozi Ezike, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, reflects on current events in the context of Black History Month, on the first ...

108: Tackling E-Cigarettes and Flavored Tobacco Products

31 Jan 2022

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Jan Malcolm, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health, outlines policy steps available to limit youth access to E-cigarettes and flavored to...

107: Immunization Opportunities

28 Jan 2022

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Rachael Banks, Oregon's Director of Public Health, says the focus on immunizations during the pandemic is a perfect opportunity to expand the public h...

106: Contact Tracing's Role Today

27 Jan 2022

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ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia explains the latest thinking about how best to use case investigation and contact tracing to fight the ...

105: Rural Health Needs

26 Jan 2022

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ASTHO and associations representing epidemiologists, counties, cities, and public health labs issue a statement supporting jurisdictions moving away f...

104: Advancing Health Equity

25 Jan 2022

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Paula Tran, Wisconsin's State Health Officer, says it's possible to maintain health equity priorities even as the pandemic continues to strain resourc...

103: Ending the HIV Epidemic

24 Jan 2022

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Dr. Joseph Kanter, Louisiana's State Health Officer, talks about fighting the HIV epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic as ASTHO releases a set of 10 ...

102: Recalling COVID-19's First Case Part 2

21 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. John Wiesman, the former Secretary of Health in Washington state, gives his assessment of the nation's pandemic response since the first COVID-19 ...

101: Recalling COVID-19's First Case Part 1

20 Jan 2022

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Dr. John Wiesman, the former Secretary of Health in Washington state, reflects on the moment the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in his state and...

100: Rethinking School Discipline Part 2

19 Jan 2022

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Robin Matthies, Director of Public and Behavioral Health Integration at ASTHO, explains why it's important to consider restorative justice approaches ...

99: Rethinking School Discipline Part 1

18 Jan 2022

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Maggie Davis, ASTHO's Director of State Health Policy, provides an overview of a new ASTHO report about restorative justice in schools; Annie Evans, a...

98: MLK and Health Equity

14 Jan 2022

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ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser considers Dr. Martin Luther King's influence on public health and his impact on the organization's approach to equity; Dr. Alexi...

97: Announcing ASTHO's 2022 Federal Policy Agenda

13 Jan 2022

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Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, outlines the organization's 2022 federal policy agenda and t...

96: COVID-19 Messaging Lessons

12 Jan 2022

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Robert Jennings, Executive Director of the National Public Health Information Coalition, discusses communications lessons learned during the pandemic;...

95: ProPublica's Syphilis Investigation – Part 2

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joseph Kanter, Louisiana's State Health Officer, explains the evolution of messaging required by the fast-moving Omicron variant during an appeara...

94: ProPublica's Syphilis Investigation – Part 1

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Caroline Chen, a journalist for the non-profit news organization ProPublica, reports on public health's work to combat a rising number of syphilis cas...

93: Supreme Court Hears Vaccine Cases

07 Jan 2022

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Lawrence Gostin, law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C., tells us what to expect from today's Supreme Court hearing ...

92: School Nurses Navigate Omicron's Surge

06 Jan 2022

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Dr. Linda Mendonca, President of the National Association of School Nurses, explains how her members are coping with students' return to classrooms am...

91: Immunization Proposals Await Action

05 Jan 2022

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Andy Baker White, ASTHO's Senior Director of State Health Policy, discusses immunization proposals scheduled for consideration in legislatures across ...

90: Helping Kids Hurt by COVID

04 Jan 2022

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ASTHO President Dr. Nirav Shah outlines four priorities he says must be at the top of the public health agenda in 2022; John Bridgeland, Co-Founder an...

89: Fighting COVID-19 in the Pacific

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Karl Ensign, ASTHO's Vice President of Territorial Support, shares lessons learned fighting COVID-19 in the U.S. territories; Kelly Wroblewski, Direct...

88: Labs Prepared for Winter

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser hopes the new year signals a shift in the pandemic; Kelly Wroblewski, Director of Infectious Diseases for the Association of Pub...

87: 2022 Public Health Policy Agenda

17 Dec 2021

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ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says even though everyone is tired of the pandemic, we can't give up fighting the virus now; ASTHO CEO ...

86: Power Outage Preparedness

16 Dec 2021

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Eric Cote, an expert in emergency power preparedness, tells us why it's important to know who relies on electricity for their medical devices when pow...

85: Public Health on Capitol Hill

15 Dec 2021

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Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, analyzes the Build Back Better Act and looks ahead to the po...

84: Vaccine Anniversary and Lawsuit

14 Dec 2021

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Mike Fraser, ASTHO's CEO, recognizes the first anniversary of a COVID-19 vaccine and discusses hesitancy; Professor Dorit Reiss, University of Califor...

83: Senate Vaccine Mandate Resolution

13 Dec 2021

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Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, says it's unlikely Congress will roll back one of President ...

82: Vaccine Awareness

10 Dec 2021

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Kim Martin, ASTHO's Director of Immunization, tells us how an event like National Influenza Vaccination Week impacts vaccination awareness; ASTHO CEO ...

81: State of Vaccines

09 Dec 2021

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Claire Hannan, Executive Director of the Association of Immunization Managers, says vaccines have benefitted from the attention they've received durin...

80: New Long Haulers Media Campaign

08 Dec 2021

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Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a non-profit organization, debuts a media campaign sharing stories of young people suffer...

79: Public Health's Future

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation, shares details of a new series of discussions considering the future of public health; Felec...

78: Vaccine Mandate Prediction

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says influenza and COVID-19 have a lot in common, as National Influenza Vaccination Week kicks off toda...

77: ASTHO Reacts to Winter COVID Strategy

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ASTHO leaders react to President Biden's winter COVID-19 strategy. Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Contro...

76: Omicron Variant Now in the U.S.

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia says there are more questions than answers regarding the Omicron variant now in the United States; Dr. ...

75: World AIDS Day Impact

01 Dec 2021

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Dr. Stephen Lee, Executive Director of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, talks about World AIDS Day and the opportunities...

74: The White House Celebrates Public Health

30 Nov 2021

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Several ASTHO members attend a White House event in appreciation of public health workers across the states and territories. ASTHO President Dr. Nirav...

73: Alzheimer's Strategy

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Alexis Travis, Michigan's Senior Deputy Director at the Department of Health and Human Services, explains her focus on caring for people with Alzh...

72: Public Health Thank You Day

22 Nov 2021

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ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser offers his thoughts on today's Public Health Thank You Day celebration recognizing public health workers across the states and t...

71: Title X Grants Explained

19 Nov 2021

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Clare Coleman, President and CEO of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, explains how to apply for a new round of Title X...

70: An MD to Lead ONDCP

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser says the appointment of Dr. Rahul Gupta, the former West Virginia health commissioner, to be Director of the White House Office ...

69: Tribal Communities COVID Response

17 Nov 2021

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Lynn Trujillo, Secretary of the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department, explains the challenges and successes of the COVID-19 response in her state's tr...

68: Leading with Gratitude

16 Nov 2021

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Mylynn Tufte, North Dakota's former state health official, explains the power of gratitude in advance of her Insight and Inspiration talk on Thursday,...

67: Polling the Pandemic

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Rockefeller Foundation releases its 5th survey of Americans' attitudes about the pandemic response; Dr. Nicole Alexander Scott, Director of the Rh...

66: New Health Misinformation Toolkit

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy unveils a new health misinformation toolkit; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect, gives parents five reasons to...

65: Caring for Veterans

10 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sen. Kalani Kaneko of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, himself a former health official, shares how military veterans from the freely associated ...

64: Vaccine Incentives Explained

09 Nov 2021

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Kimberly Hood, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Public Health at the Louisiana Department of Health, explains why the state expanded its COVID-19...

63: Build Back Better Funds PH

08 Nov 2021

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Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO's Senior Director for Government Affairs, says the latest version of the Build Back Better Act includes billions for public healt...

62: Vaccine Hesitant Parents

05 Nov 2021

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A panel of ASTHO members met with journalists for a virtual news conference Thursday to discuss the new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine and the challenges ...

61: Pediatric Vaccine Challenges

04 Nov 2021

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, reacts to the decision to recommend approval of a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine; Dr. Nicole Alexander ...

60: Vaccinating Pregnant People

03 Nov 2021

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Dr. Kristina Box, Indiana's State Health Commissioner, discusses the complex task of vaccinating hesitant pregnant people against COVID-19; ASTHO rele...

59: Today's Vaccine Vote

02 Nov 2021

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Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, Director of the Washington D.C. Department of Health, addresses the importance of answering parents' questions about COVID-19 v...

58: School Mask Lawsuits

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Maggie Davis, ASTHO's Director of State Health Policy, examines the flurry of lawsuits and court orders resulting from legislative and executive prohi...

57: COVID Tricks on Halloween

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, explains how public health departments can use upcoming data from the PH Wins wo...

56: APHA Conference Takeaways

28 Oct 2021

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Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association, discusses the key takeaways from this week's APHA annual conferenc...

55: Pediatric COVID Vaccine Sites

27 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

James Blumenstock, ASTHO's Senior Vice President for Pandemic Response and Recovery, shares how states and territories are preparing for the possibili...

54: PH Workforce Crisis

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Brian Castrucci, President and CEO of the non-profit de Beaumont Foundation, considers the public health workforce crisis; Dr. Kristina Box, India...

53: Grassroots Vaccination Strategy

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Judith Persichilli, New Jersey's Commissioner of Health, explains a data driven grassroots COVID-19 vaccination strategy that saved lives; New York Ti...

52: New York Times PH Survey – Pt 2

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

New York Times journalist Danielle Ivory details the feedback she and her team received from public health professionals responding to the newspaper's...

51: New York Times PH Survey

21 Oct 2021

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Danielle Ivory, a journalist for the New York Times, explains the results of the newspaper's survey of hundreds of local public health departments; Se...

50: Social Media Health Concerns

20 Oct 2021

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Stephanie Smiley, former state health officer for Wisconsin, examines the impact of social media on young people; Community COVID Coalition members re...

49: Preparing for Flu Season

19 Oct 2021

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Dr. Denise Johnson, Acting Physician General at the Pennsylvania Department of Health, discusses the upcoming flu season; Avia Mason, ASTHO Vice Presi...

48: Pt 2 -State of the COVID-19 Response

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about the importance of COVID vaccines for ...

47: State of the COVID-19 Response

15 Oct 2021

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Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, addresses the state of the campaign against COVID...

46: New FDA Booster Shot Debate

14 Oct 2021

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ASTHO Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia forecasts this week's FDA discussions about the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster shots; A...

45: Infection Control Funding

13 Oct 2021

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Janet Hamilton, Executive Director of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, explains how $2 billion in CDC funds will help hospitals a...

44: The Next Medicaid Cliff?

12 Oct 2021

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Dr. Jose Romero, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, discusses the negative impact vaccine misinformation has on efforts to protect commun...

43: New Tools to Reduce STIs

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO's new Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, wraps up her first week on the job; Julia...

42: New Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Report

07 Oct 2021

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Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses concerns of workshop participants about...

41: EUA Messaging

06 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In a special edition of the newscast, ASTHO President Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO President Elect Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO CEO Mike Fraser, and Scott Becker, CE...

40: Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines

05 Oct 2021

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Dr. Jose Romero, a pediatrician and Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, discusses COVID-19 vaccines for kids and parental hesitancy; ASTHO...

39: Territories Avoid Medicaid Cliff

04 Oct 2021

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Carolyn McCoy, ASTHO's Senior Director of Federal Government Affairs, explains how an extension of Medicaid funding for U.S. Territories gives them mo...

38: Wildfire and Hurricane Preparedness

01 Oct 2021

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, discusses the appropriate role of monoclonal antibodies in the COVID-19 response; ASTHO has a Q/A f...

37: Workforce Reforms Pitched

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joseph Kanter, Louisiana's State Health Officer and Medical Director, calls on Congress to take steps to address urgent public health workforce ne...

36: Heart Health Messages

29 Sep 2021

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Dr. Dave Dixon, a clinical pharmacist and a member of the American College of Cardiology's Prevention Section and Leadership Council, tells us how pub...

35: Medicaid Cliff Nears

28 Sep 2021

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Karl Ensign, ASTHO's Vice President for Territorial Support, discusses the potential for Congressional action to approve enhanced financial support fo...

34: Public Health Workforce Survey Launched

27 Sep 2021

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Joanne Pearsol, ASTHO's Director of Leadership and Workforce, discusses the impact the COVID-19 pandemic might have on the results of the latest PHWin...

33: Booster Votes Explained

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

NOTE: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced late Thursday that booster shots would be available to frontline and health care workers, overrulin...

32: Federal Debt Limit Alert

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ASTHO releases a legislative alert on the status of Congressional negotiations to extend the federal debt limit; Ray Barishansky, Deputy Secretary for...

31: Booster Shot Debate

22 Sep 2021

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Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska's Chief Medical Officer and ASTHO President-elect, considers the potential for COVID-19 booster shots for some populations; Nick...

30: Public Health Powers

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Joshua Starr, CEO of PDK International, explains how polling parents of school children can inform public health messaging; Andy Baker-White, ASTH...

29: Vaccinating Neighborhoods

20 Sep 2021

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Haley Burrous, an analyst on ASTHO's preparedness team, explains a positive side effect of Mississippi's in-home vaccination program; Adrienne William...

28: Supporting the Public Health Workforce

17 Sep 2021

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Dr. Norman Oliver, Virginia's Health Commissioner, discusses the approach states and territories should take to funding for the public health workforc...

27: New COVID-19 Contact Tracing Info

16 Sep 2021

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Amelia Poulin, an ASTHO Senior Analyst for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response and Recovery, details an expanded contact tracing training curriculum ...

26: Congressional Priorities

15 Sep 2021

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Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO's Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, outlines Congressional priorities as lawmakers return to Cap...

25: FDA's E-Cigarette Review

14 Sep 2021

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Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO's Director of Government Affairs, discusses the FDA's move to delay a decision on marketing applications for some flavored e-ciga...

24: Reaction to the COVID-19 Strategy

13 Sep 2021

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ASTHO CEO Michael Fraser shares member feedback about President Biden's new COVID-19 strategy; Dr. Thomas Dobbs, Mississippi's State Health Officer, e...

23: The President's COVID-19 Strategy

10 Sep 2021

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Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, reacts to President Biden's new COVID-19 strategy; Dr. Norman Oliver, Virginia's Health Commissione...

22: Emergency Help Requests

09 Sep 2021

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Win Rawls, ASTHO's Director of Preparedness and Evaluation, explains the increased demand for interstate emergency help among states and territories a...

21: New Guide to Inclusive Communications

08 Sep 2021

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Booker Daniels, with the CDC's Division of Public Affairs, details a new online resource to help public health professionals improve their inclusive c...

20: 9/11 Preparedness Lessons

07 Sep 2021

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Lisa Peterson, ASTHO's Director of Health and Homeland Security, reviews plans for Thursday's event to examine preparedness twenty years after 9/11; a...

19: COVID-19 News Conference

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

State health officials held a virtual news conference with journalists Thursday to address the latest in the public health response to COVID-19. Dr. N...

18: Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Facts

02 Sep 2021

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Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama's State Health Officer, urges residents to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus; Meredith Allen, ASTHO's Vice Presiden...

17: New Vaccine Messaging

01 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Thomas Dobbs, Mississippi's State Health Officer, questions vaccine misinformation; Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO's Chief Medical Officer, discusses v...

16: Overdose Awareness and Action

31 Aug 2021

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Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont's Commissioner of Health, outlines steps states and territories can take to address the alarming rise in the number of overdo...

15: CDC Domestic Travel Guidance

30 Aug 2021

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Dr. Kristina Angelo, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC, tells ASTHO members how they can help get the word out about the revised recommendations f...

14: Vaccination Card Verification

27 Aug 2021

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Jim Blumenstock, ASTHO's Senior Vice President for Pandemic Response and Recovery, discusses the importance of collaboration as states and territories...

13: Hurricane Preparedness

26 Aug 2021

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Gerrit Bakker, ASTHO's Senior Director for Public Health Preparedness, urges all ASTHO members to prepare for hurricanes, not just those with borders ...