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Aug 11, 2022, 17:18 ET Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Statement on New CDC COVID-19 Guidance

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Chief Medical Officer Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, issued the following statement today...

Jul 20, 2022, 11:37 ET Addressing Structural Racism Priority for Public Health Officials During ASTHO Health Equity Summit

Public health leaders will convene to advance health equity and address structural racism on Wednesday, July 27 for the Association of State and...

May 04, 2022, 14:58 ET Getting Ahead of the Next Pandemic, Leaders Convene to Identify Solutions to Transform U.S. Health Data

Hundreds of state and local public health officials, along with federal partners and representatives of private industry and philanthropy, will meet...

May 02, 2022, 15:57 ET New ASTHO Report Outlines 10 Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health in Schools

In light of the rising rates of teen depression and anxiety in the United States, today, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials...

Mar 08, 2022, 16:50 ET State and Territorial Health Leaders Reaffirm Safety and Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines

Today, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) reaffirmed its position that children five years of age and older should be...

Mar 02, 2022, 18:57 ET State and Territorial Health Leaders Look to Next Phase of COVID-19 Pandemic

Earlier today, the Biden Administration released its "National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan," outlining the path forward for America in the COVID-19...

Mar 02, 2022, 10:50 ET ASTHO Commends President Biden's Commitment to Protect America's Health

Today, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) CEO Mike Fraser released the following statement commending President...

Feb 15, 2022, 17:16 ET ASTHO Launches Resiliency Program to Support Public Health Workforce

Today, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) announced the launch of a new public health workforce development program,...

Dec 15, 2021, 11:00 ET ASTHO Unveils Top 10 Public Health State Policy Issues to Watch in 2022

Today, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) is unveiling its list of the top 10 state public health policy issues to...

Dec 14, 2021, 18:01 ET State and Territorial Health Officials Urge Americans to Help Stop Delta and Omicron's Spread

Michael Fraser, chief executive officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) issued the following statement in...

Dec 22, 2020, 14:53 ET ASTHO Applauds Congress on Approval of Much Needed COVID-19 Resources and Increases to Public Health in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

Michael Fraser, chief executive officer of ASTHO, issued the following statement about the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. "We applaud...

Sep 02, 2020, 12:11 ET Nation's Health Officials Call for Greater Collaboration and Communication with Federal Government

Rachel Levine, MD, president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and Secretary of Health at the Pennsylvania...
Health Officials Launch Ad Campaign to Encourage Mask Use

Aug 12, 2020, 10:58 ET Health Officials Launch Ad Campaign to Encourage Mask Use

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) today launched a joint campaign urging...

Apr 29, 2020, 09:15 ET National Health Organizations Announce COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training

Today, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) announced the launch of a...

Apr 09, 2020, 20:45 ET Nation's Public Health Leaders Urge President Trump to Use All Available Authorities to Quickly Produce Testing Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment

"We urge President Trump and the Administration to utilize all existing authorities to require American corporations to expand or retool their...

Apr 03, 2020, 20:15 ET ASTHO Statement on Use of Face Coverings by the General Public to Prevent Spread of COVID-19

Michael Fraser, chief executive officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), issued the following statement today on ...

Mar 27, 2020, 20:47 ET ASTHO Statement on Easing Public Health Measures Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

Michael Fraser, chief executive officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), issued the following statement today in ...

Mar 27, 2020, 13:00 ET J.T. Lane Joins ASTHO Executive Team as Chief Population Health and Innovation Officer

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) announced today that J.T. Lane, MPH, will serve as ASTHO's chief population health...

Mar 20, 2020, 19:33 ET COVID-19 Testing Needs to Be Limited to Priority Groups Until Sufficient Testing Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment is Available Nationwide

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), and Council of State and...

Feb 24, 2020, 12:00 ET Governmental Public Health Leaders Request Emergency Supplemental Funding for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Efforts

In response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary's declaration that the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is...

Nov 13, 2019, 10:41 ET ASTHO and George Mason University Innovate to Improve Public Health through a New Academic and Practice Collaborative

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the George Mason College of Health and Human Services announced the formation of...

Sep 26, 2019, 16:30 ET Nation's Public Health Officials Urge Americans to Stop Vaping

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) issued the following statement in response to the pulmonary illnesses associated...

Aug 29, 2019, 13:15 ET ASTHO Commends the Surgeon General Advisory About Marijuana Use on the Developing Brain

Michael Fraser, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), issued the following statement in...

May 13, 2019, 09:30 ET ASTHO Releases Latest Public Health Review Podcast Episode: CDC Director Robert Redfield Talks Opioids, HIV, And Vaccine Hesitancy

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) today released a new episode of its podcast, Public Health Review, featuring an...

May 08, 2019, 15:02 ET Health Officials Combat Nation's Maternal Mortality Rates

State and territorial health officials are assessing maternal care programs within their states to address the rise in maternal deaths across the...