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Update on State Legislative Sessions 2025  open_in_new

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Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,
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Beth Giambrone

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

Modernizing Public Health Data and Protecting Privacy  open_in_new

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Data Modernization,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
LGBTQ+,
Population Health and Prevention,
Women, Infant, and Family Health,
Women, Infant, Family Health Data Integration,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
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Illinois,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Maryland,
Minnesota,
Nebraska,
New Hampshire,
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Rhode Island,
Utah,
Wisconsin

ASTHO Legislative Prospectus | Previewing 2025 state legislative actions on data modernization and privacy.

Getting Creative to Keep Americans Fed During COVID-19  open_in_new

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Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
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Population Health and Prevention,
Maine,
Kentucky,
New Jersey,
California,
Colorado,
Michigan,
Guam,
Nebraska

The COVID-19 pandemic has exasperated challenges around access to nutritious and affordable foods. In response, the federal government has taken action to increase funding and access to programs to strengthen food security.

States Using Policy to Reduce Dementia’s Disease and Fiscal Impact  open_in_new

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Maryland,
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Washington,
West Virginia,
Tyrone Bethune

Public health agencies are working to reduce dementia risk and to optimize the health and well-being of people living with dementia and their caregivers.

Addressing Privacy Concerns of Using Mental Health Care via Telehealth  open_in_new

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Virginia,
Evan Han,
Maggie Davis

In an effort to help meet demand, some states and territories have joined interjurisdictional licensing compacts that allow a mental health care provider licensed in one state to provide care in another state—without needing to gain ...

State Legislatures Moving to Increase Rural Health Care Access  open_in_new

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California,
Oregon,
Washington

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 ...

States Support Postpartum Health with Medicaid Expansions  open_in_new

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Wyoming,
Sowmya Kuruganti

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 ...

How the Emergence of Xylazine Impacts Overdose Prevention Policy  open_in_new

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JoAnne McClure,
Victoria Pless,
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Ohio

How the Emergence of Xylazine Impacts Overdose Prevention Policy overdose prevention policy, overdose crisis, fatal overdoses, emergence of xylazine, illicit drug supply, toxicological testing, withdrawal symptoms, xylazine test strips, ...