Public Health Review Morning Edition

143: NIH Study on Masking in Schools

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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

Contributed by Lukas

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