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Updated Rundown of State and Territorial COVID-19 Mask Requirements

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Health Policy Update,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

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State Health Policy,

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Women, Infant, and Family Health,

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West Virginia,

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Andy Baker-White

Several states and territories, as well as many local governments, are going beyond recommendations and requiring individuals to wear face coverings when they are in public settings and spaces (i.e. grocery stores, retail stores, ...

Health Equity Policy Toolkit

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Health Equity,

Social Determinants of Health,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

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Public Health Law,

Elimination of Disparities,

Race and Public Health,

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North Dakota,

Northern Mariana Islands,

Palau,

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Texas,

Vermont,

Virgin Islands,

Washington,

Washington, D.C.,

Kimberlee Wyche Etheridge,

ASTHO Communications

This toolkit is designed to support public health leaders in leveraging the policy development process to achieve health equity in their jurisdiction.

Isolation, Quarantine, and Public Health Authority Beyond the Pandemic

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Health Policy Update,

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Alabama,

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Missouri,

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New Mexico,

North Carolina,

North Dakota,

Ohio,

Oklahoma,

Tennessee,

Virginia,

Washington,

Wyoming,

Maggie Davis,

Shalini Nair

Under the Tenth Amendment, states have the power to protect the health and welfare of their populations, including the authority to implement isolation and quarantine orders to limit the spread of disease. This post is an examination of ...

Health Policy Tackles Joint Challenges of Pandemic and Natural Disaster Preparedness

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Health Policy Update,

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Adrianna Evans,

California,

Hawaii,

New Jersey,

Texas,

Washington,

Virginia,

Massachusetts

Each September marks National Preparedness Month. This year, public health emergency preparedness professionals look back on 20 years since the 9/11 attacks—the event that effectively launched the preparedness field—while actively ...

States Consider Role of COVID-19 Vaccination for School Enrollment

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Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

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Vaccine Distribution,

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Andy Baker-White,

Lauren Ewing,

Maggie Davis,

Public Health Law,

Alabama,

Alaska,

Arkansas,

Iowa,

Massachusetts,

New Jersey,

New York,

Ohio,

Tennessee,

Utah,

Washington,

West Virginia,

Wisconsin,

Infant and Child Health

This week might have marked the beginning of summer, but many policymakers and health officials have their eye on the upcoming school year and what that might mean in terms of getting students vaccinated against COVID-19. According to a ...

State Actions on COVID-19 Vaccine Verification

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COVID and Law/Policy,

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COVID Vaccine,

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Alabama,

Arkansas,

Florida,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Missouri,

Tennessee,

Texas,

Minnesota,

Washington,

New Jersey,

New York,

Alaska,

Andy Baker-White,

California,

Michigan,

Ohio

As the number of COVID-19 vaccinations grows, some states are looking at their vaccination rates to determine when to loosen measures that mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such as venue capacity limits, business closure times, and masking ...

2023 Legislative Session Update: Part Two

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Health Policy Update,

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State Health Policy,

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Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Contraception Access,

Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Health Equity,

Infectious Disease,

Immunization,

Public Health Workforce,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

California,

Connecticut,

Indiana,

Iowa,

Maine,

Maryland,

Massachusetts,

Missouri,

Montana,

New Jersey,

New York,

Oklahoma,

Rhode Island,

Texas,

Vermont,

Washington,

Maggie Davis,

Andy Baker-White,

Lillian Colasurdo,

Lana McKinney

A mid-session legislative update on five of ASTHO's top 10 public health state policy issues to watch in 2023: data privacy and modernization, reproductive health, health equity, strengthening public health agencies, and immunization.