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Update on State Legislative Sessions 2025  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,
Utah,

Recap the state legislative sessions in 2025 thus far, spanning maternal health, infectious disease, and other important public health issues.

Jurisdictions Moving Many ASTHO Essential Tobacco Control Policies Forward  open_in_new

Blog,
Guam,
Iowa,

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 ...

Improving School Workforce Capacity to Address Youth Mental Health  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,

The youth mental health crisis has created the need for a comprehensive workforce response, which requires educators and school administrative staff, school-based mental health professionals, and communities to work collaboratively to ...

Preparedness Policy Highlights for Trending Public Health Threats  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,

While communities transition from emergency response to long-term monitoring and recovery, the federal government and states are taking legislative action to improve emergency preparedness capabilities.

Effective Public Health Approaches to Reducing Congenital Syphilis  open_in_new

Blog,
STIs,
Iowa,

Effective Public Health Approaches to Reducing Congenital Syphilis astho, association of state and territorial health officials, provider bias, syphilis screening requirements, medicaid family planning programs, medicaid eligibility, ...

Strategies for Messaging About Cyanobacterial Blooms: Lessons From State Listening Sessions  open_in_new

PFAS,
Iowa,

This report contains lessons learned and examples of messaging strategies that were successful during cyanobacterial bloom responses, they were collected from 17 state health agency staff members across 12 states.

State Legislatures Moving to Increase Rural Health Care Access  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,

State Legislatures Moving to Increase Rural Health Care Access How States Are Incentivizing Health Care Providers to Practice in Rural Areas Lana McKinney Hospital closures and fewer care options in rural areas cause worse health outcomes ...

Recent Federal Actions Spur Changes to Children's Blood Lead Level Screenings and Response  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced new challenges for screening children’s blood lead levels, as screening rates across the country dropped during stay-at-home orders. A substantive federal policy change and provisions in the Infrastructure ...

Improving Care to Address Maternal and Child Lead Exposure  open_in_new

Iowa,

In 2017, nearly 64,000 children under six had elevated blood lead levels as defined by the CDC. There is no safe blood lead level in children, and even low levels of lead have been shown to affect IQ, ability to pay attention, and academic ...

State Strategies for Advancing Viral Hepatitis Elimination  open_in_new

Iowa,

State Strategies for Advancing Viral Hepatitis Elimination astho, association of state and territorial health officials, public health officials, state health officials, territorial health officials, state health department, population ...

What’s Next for Telehealth: States Try to Make COVID-19 Telehealth Options Permanent  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, temporarily expanding the use of telehealth technologies by removing various requirements and ...

States Support Postpartum Health with Medicaid Expansions  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,
Utah,

States Support Postpartum Health with Medicaid Expansions astho, association of state and territorial health officials, 2023 state legislative session, medicaid expansions, postpartum health, the consolidated appropriations act, national ...

States Consider Role of COVID-19 Vaccination for School Enrollment  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,
Ohio,
Utah,

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 ...

Courts Considering Challenges to States Blocking School Mask Requirements  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,

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 ...

Approaches for Improving Oral Health Outcomes for Low-Income Americans  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,

Poor oral health is considered a health disparity for low-income children and adults; it has significant impacts on the overall health and well-being especially for those who are vulnerable. However, states can utilize a variety of ...

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships in Iowa: Improving Access to Care for People Living with HIV  open_in_new

Blog,
STIs,
HIV,
Iowa,

To learn more about Iowa’s recent efforts to fight against HIV, ASTHO spoke with Sarah Reisetter, chief of compliance and a deputy director at Iowa HHS, and Randy Mayer, chief of the Iowa HHS Bureau of HIV, STI, and Hepatitis.

Legislative Action Bridging Public Health and Clinical Health Care  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,

Three ways policymakers are addressing access to care are through telehealth, safety net and emergency services, and adjusted reimbursement rates to Medicaid-enrolled providers.

How States Can Leverage JUUL Settlement Funds to Promote Public Health  open_in_new

Blog,
Iowa,

To address the youth tobacco epidemic, jurisdictions filed lawsuits against JUUL to end their marketing practices aimed at youth and to obtain compensation from the financial toll experienced by communities.