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Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

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Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
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Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
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Territories and Freely Associated States,
Alabama,
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West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are increasing public health measures ...

Jurisdictions Moving Many ASTHO Essential Tobacco Control Policies Forward

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
Tobacco Control,
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Improvement,
Health Equity,
Elimination of Disparities,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
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Northern Mariana Islands,
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Rhode Island,
Tennessee,
Virgin Islands,
Washington,
Washington, D.C.,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Joshua Berry,
Ann Abraham,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Evidence or Fact-Based Measures

Over the past several years, states and jurisdictions have continued to implement important policies to reduce tobacco and nicotine use, including increasing tobacco prices, expanding areas deemed “smoke-free,” limiting the sale of ...

Isolation, Quarantine, and Public Health Authority Beyond the Pandemic

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Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Preparedness,
Emergency Powers,
Public Health Law,
Alabama,
California,
Delaware,
Idaho,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Massachusetts,
Missouri,
Montana,
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 ...

Jurisdictions Seek to Modernize Vital Records Systems

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Health Equity,
LGBTQ+,
Alaska,
California,
Iowa,
Maine,
Maryland,
Montana,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Parker Beene

State issued documents, such as birth certificates, are often required to navigate daily life. Vital records policy is a complex and evolving issue with many of the processes and procedures left to jurisdictional policy-makers.

ASTHO Policy Watch 2022: Maintaining Public Health’s Legal Authority to Prevent Disease Spread

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Health Policy Update,
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State Health Policy,
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Georgia,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Maine,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New York,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Andy Baker-White,
Leadership and Workforce Development,
Leadership Development

States and territories have broad powers to protect public health and safety, including powers to prevent and control the spread of communicable disease typically exercised by state and territorial health departments. This authority is an ...

Courts Considering Challenges to States Blocking School Mask Requirements

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Health Policy Update,
Health Equity,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
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Maggie Davis,
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Iowa,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Florida,
Arkansas,
Arizona,
Oklahoma,
Disability Inclusion,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Infant and Child Health

Recent state laws and governor emergency orders prohibiting universal school mask protocols are complicating the implementation of CDC’s evidence-based guidance for COVID-19 mitigation measures for in-person school. Ten states have enacted ...

States Consider Role of COVID-19 Vaccination for School Enrollment

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Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
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Immunization,
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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-19,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Blog,
Health Policy Update,
COVID Vaccine,
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Policy,
Public Health Law,
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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 ...