This self-paced online training module was developed to address the short- and long-term health effects of climate change on vector-borne disease (VBD) transmission and infection patterns. The goal ...
Illnesses on the Rise from Mosquito, Tick, and Flea Bites Remain Top Issue for Health Officials ARLINGTON, VA—Today, CDC released a Vital Signs report on the nation’s increasing risk ...
State Public Health Leaders Urged to Increase Efforts to Prevent Injuries ARLINGTON, VA—State public health leaders responded to a new “The State of Safety” report released by the National Safety ...
On March 22, 2023, ASTHO released a statement on EPA's newly-proposed drinking water rule for six PFAS substances.
Late on June 26, 2023, five cases of locally acquired (i.e., non-travel related), mosquito-transmitted malaria were reported in Florida and Texas. To prepare for the future, health officials should ...
Congress released FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
This episode will focus on lessons learned from Oregon Health Authority’s cyanotoxin education and outreach efforts, and how a water contamination emergency caused by cyanotoxins can quickly become a ...
ASTHO’s 2024 Legislative Session Update: Part One legislative session, state policy, data collection, domestic violence, health information exchange, data privacy, substance misuse, overdose ...
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APPLETREE COVID-19 Supplemental Awards In early 2021, ASTHO, with support from CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), ...
In-depth analysis on state health policy surrounding environmental health. This is part of ASTHO's annual legislative prospectus series.
Though late spring and summer is considered “tick season,” ticks are still a threat in the fall as many areas of the country continue to see temperatures that ticks can thrive later and later in the ...
Fortunately, looking at the ASTHO Directors of Public Health Preparedness (DPHP) peer group and seeing the great work of public health emergency preparedness and response programs across the nation, ...
How Pennsylvania Health Department’s Cross-Sector Partnerships Are Strengthening Climate and Environmental Justice health department, pennsylvania department of health, climate change, low income ...
Voices from Public Health AmeriCorps (PHA) offer insights into the benefits gained at PHA and detail the program's experiential learning and professional development opportunities.
Evidence-Based Approaches to Promoting Health Equity in Retail Food Safety ASTHO, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, health equity, food safety, health in all policies, foodborne ...
A One Health approach can give health agencies the connections they need to address climate and health.
Licking County, Ohio uses performance management to advance environmental health, emphasizing impact and equity.
Learn about how ticks can spread alpha-gal syndrome, also called red meat allergy.
In May 2021, President Biden released full details of the fiscal year 2022 budget. Overall, the budget request combines President Biden's American Jobs Plan, his American Families Plan, and ...