ASTHO COVID-19 Resources
Guidance Documents
Intervention Actions
Issue Briefs
- ASTHOBrief: Advancing Breastfeeding During a Pandemic (Nov. 20, 2020)
- Detection of COVID-19 in Wastewater (Nov. 19. 2020)
- COVID-19 Testing and Personal Protective Equipment Supply (Nov. 17, 2020)
- Health Equity and COVID-19 (Nov. 17, 2020)
- Clinical Workforce Capacity and Surges (Nov. 17, 2020)
- Specialized COVID-19 Needs of the United States Affiliated Pacific Islands (Nov. 17, 2020)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Implementation in States and Territories (Nov. 17, 2020)
- COVID-19 Data Reporting and Technology (Nov. 17, 2020)
- Case Investigation and Contact Tracing (Nov. 17, 2020)
- ASTHO COVID-19 Jurisdictional Vaccination Plans Compendium (Nov. 16, 2020)
- COVID-19 Vaccine Approval Process Overview (Nov. 5, 2020)
- Considerations for Use of Point-of-Care Antigen Testing by State and Territorial Health Agencies (Nov. 4, 2020)
- ASTHOBrief: Virtual Food Safety Inspections During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Oct. 29, 2020)
- Fighting Compassion Fatigue During Public Health Epidemics (Aug. 13, 2020)
- School Reopening Planning: Federal, Association, and State Considerations (July 14, 2020)
- State and Territorial Contact Tracing Legislation (July 2, 2020)
- Using Telebehavioral Health to Increase Access to Care for Rural and Vulnerable Populations Amid COVID-19 (PDF) (updated May 7, 2020)
- Analysis: Emergency Supplemental Funding to State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal Governments (PDF) (updated May 6, 2020)
- Regulations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Healthcare Settings During the COVID-19 Response (PDF) (Apr. 30, 2020)
- Leading Through Crisis: Supporting Workforce Resilience (PDF) (Apr. 28, 2020)
- Administrative Preparedness: Strategies for Managing and Streamlining COVID-19 Response and Recovery (PDF) (updated Apr. 14, 2020)
- Leading With Transparency During Times of Crisis (PDF) (updated Apr. 13, 2020)
- Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences During COVID-19 (PDF) (updated Apr. 8, 2020)
- Healthcare Surge Capacity Planning—Modeling as a Decision-Making Tool for Public Health Officials (PDF) (updated Apr. 3, 2020)
- CMS Interim Final Rule Review (PDF) (updated Mar. 31, 2020)
- Practicing Self-Care in the COVID-19 Response: A Guide for Public Health Professionals (PDF) (updated Mar. 31, 2020)
- Optimizing PPE Supplies with Decontamination and Reuse (PDF) (updated Mar. 27, 2020)
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Shortages: Considerations for Donation Management and Homemade Equipment (PDF) (updated Mar. 25, 2020)
- Preparing for and Responding to Hospital and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Surge (PDF) (updated Mar. 23, 2020)
- Childcare Services for Essential Workforce Personnel (PDF) (updated Mar. 23, 2020)
- Postponing Elective Procedures to Increase COVID-19 Healthcare Capacity (PDF) (updated Mar. 23, 2020)
- COVID-19 Ventilator Use and Allocation: Key Considerations and Examples (PDF) (updated Mar. 23, 2020)
- Using Telehealth to Reduce Healthcare Worker and Patient Exposure - Considerations for State and Territorial Health Leaders (PDF) (updated Mar. 18, 2020)
Risk Communications Guide
Recovery and Resilience
Public Service Announcement
Response Hub
Trainings
Videos
Blog Posts
- Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations (Nov. 23, 3030)
- Harnessing the Power of Rural: Expanding Access to Telehealth (Nov. 18, 2020)
- The Light at the End of the (Long) Tunnel (Nov. 16, 2020)
- What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine (Nov. 5, 2020)
- Rebuilding a More Equitable Housing System Post-COVID (Nov. 4, 2020)
- State Public Health Authorities Face COVID-19 Legal Challenges (Oct. 29, 2020)
- The Importance of Voting in a Pandemic (Oct. 29, 2020)
- State Policy Actions to Support Long-Term Care Facilities During COVID-19 Response (Oct. 21, 2020)
- Education and Public Health: Supporting Youth Through COVID-19 and Beyond (Oct. 15, 2020)
- A Conversation With José Romero to Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month (Oct. 14, 2020)
- The Need for Modernizing Public Health Data in Responding to COVID-19 (Oct. 8, 2020)
- How States are Handling School Vaccination Requirements in a Pandemic (Sept. 23, 2020)
- Prepping for Dual Disasters of COVID and Extreme Weather Events (Sept. 22, 2020)
- The Role of Public Health in Reducing Suicide Risk During COVID-19 (Sept. 10, 2020)
- Updated Rundown of State and Territorial COVID-19 Mask Requirements (Aug. 26, 2020)
- States Seek to Protect the Workers Who Feed America (Aug. 19, 2020)
- Congress Convenes Sectors on School Reopenings (Aug. 6, 2020)
- States Ensure Safe and Accessible Elections During COVID-19 (July 29, 2020)
- Transformational Leadership: A Vaccine for Rural Healthcare Delivery (July 23, 2020)
- Promoting Health Equity through State Orders for COVID-19 Testing (July 22, 2020)
- Getting Ahead of the COVID-19 Vaccine (July 15, 2020)
- Rundown of State and Territorial COVID-19 Mask Requirements (July 9, 2020)
- How to Support Youth Post COVID-19 With More Flexible Policies (July 8, 2020)
- The New Frontier of "Digital Proximity" Tracing (July 1, 2020)
- States Support Rural Hospitals While COVID-19 Highlights Challenges (June 24, 2020)
- Ensuring Safe Access to Oral Healthcare During COVID-19 (June 24, 2020)
- How States are Bolstering a Contact Tracing Workforce (May 27, 2020)
- Health Equity During COVID-19: Top Strategies for an Equity-Focused Recovery Strategy (May 21, 2020)
- How States are Housing the Homeless During a Pandemic (May 20, 2020)
- A New Normal for Public Health Agencies (May 19, 2020)
- Getting Creative to Keep Americans Fed During COVID-19 (May 13, 2020)
- Congressional Efforts to Bolster Contact Tracing Workforce (May 6, 2020)
- The COVID-19 Impact on Our Mental Health System (May 5, 2020)
- COVID-19’s Impact on Pregnancy and Childbirth Policies (Apr. 22, 2020)
- Why We Need Race and Ethnicity Data to Beat COVID-19 (Apr. 22, 2020)
- What is Needed for Community Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 17, 2020)
- Avoiding ACEs by Helping Families During COVID-19 (Apr. 15, 2020)
- States Leverage Telehealth to Respond to COVID-19 (Apr. 8, 2020)
- Celebrating Public Health in a Time of Crisis (Apr. 7, 2020)
- COVID-19: One Step Ahead (Apr. 3, 2020)
- What You Need to Know About Federal Emergency Supplemental Funding for COVID-19 (Apr. 2, 2020)
- COVID-19 Highlights Need to Fund State Public Health (Apr. 1, 2020)
- Social Distancing: How States are Handling Business Closures (Mar. 25, 2020)
- Don't Stand So Close to Me (Mar. 19, 2020)
- 16 Key Considerations for Drive-Through or Mobile Testing (Mar. 19, 2020)
- State Emergency Declarations and COVID-19 (Mar. 5, 2020)
- Public Health Workforce Continues All-Hands Approach to Coronavirus, Risk to Public Low (Feb. 6, 2020)
- The 2019 Novel Coronavirus: What We Know (Jan. 23, 2020)
Podcasts
Legislative Alerts
Advocacy
- ASTHO Joins Adult Vaccine Access Coalition letter to HHS, CDC, FDA, and OWS Leadership on COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution (Oct. 22, 2020)
- ASTHOReport: Legal Challenges to State COVID-19 Orders (Oct. 20, 2020)
- ASTHO and AIM Letter to Congressional Leadership Requesting Funds for COVID-19 Vaccination Distribution and Seasonal Influenza (Oct. 15, 2020)
- Letter to CDC Director on Critical COVID-19 Vaccine Infrastructure and Rollout (Oct. 15, 2020)
- A Call for Leadership Solidarity (Oct. 13, 2020)
- ASTHO Comments to NASEM in Response to the Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine (Sept. 4, 2020)
- ASTHO Letter to Congressional Leadership in Support of Public Health Emergency Supplemental Funding in the HEROES Act Released on September 28, 2020 (Oct. 1, 2020)
- ASTHO Joins IVPN Letter Requesting Support for Injury and Violence Prevention in Supplemental Funding Package (July 27, 2020)
- Public Health Organizations Request $450 Million for CDC's Data Modernization Initiative (July 22, 2020)
- ASTHO and AIM COVID-19 Immunization Campaign Policy Principles (July 9, 2020)
- ASTHO Joins an Organizational Sign-On Letter to Secretary Azar in Support of CDC (July 1, 2020)
- ASTHO Joins Comments to General Perna and Dr. Slaoui on Operation Warp Speed (PDF) (June 23, 2020)
- ASTHO Joins Letter from Public Health Organizations to Secretary Azar Requesting Extension of Public Health Emergency (PDF) (June 23, 2020)
- Letter to Congressional Leadership on COVID-19 Vaccination Infrastructure (June 1, 2020)
- Public Health Organizations Joint Letter to Congress Requesting Appropriations for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Workforce (PDF) (Apr. 30, 2020)
- ASTHO Issues Contact Tracing Memo to Congress (PDF) (Apr. 10, 2020)
- ASTHO's Request for Additional COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Funding To Support Ongoing Needs for States, Locals, and Territories (PDF) (Apr. 3, 2020)
- ASTHO's Request for Additional COVID-19 Outbreak Emergency Supplemental Funding (PDF) (Mar. 17, 2020)
- ASTHO Thank You Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee Leadership (PDF) (Mar. 13, 2020)
- ASTHO Thank You Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on LHHS Leadership (PDF) (Mar. 13, 2020)
- ASTHO, NACCHO, CSTE, and APHL Letter to President Trump Requesting Emergency Supplemental Funding to Prepare for and Respond to COVID-19 (PDF) (Feb. 24, 2020)
Related Materials
Press Releases
- Urgent Action Needed to Contain the Spread of COVID-19 Nationwide (Nov. 19, 2020)
- New ASTHO Report Spotlights National Approaches for Rapid COVID-19 Testing (Nov. 6, 2020)
- Public Health Leaders Request COVID-19 Vaccine Infrastructure and Administration Funding (Oct. 15, 2020)
- Safety, Not Politics, Must Drive COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline (Sept. 3, 2020)
- Nation’s Health Officials Call for Greater Collaboration and Communication with Federal Government (Sept. 2, 2020)
- ASTHO, NCSD Awarded ASAE Power of A Silver Award (Aug. 13, 2020)
- Additional Supplemental Funding Is Indeed Needed for Public Health (Aug. 3, 2020)
- Organizations Call on HHS to Renew Public Health Emergency Declaration (June 30, 2020)
- As Unemployment Rates Rise, Thousands of COVID-19 Contact Tracers Trained Through New Online Training Course in All 50 States (May 15, 2020)
- New Tool Will Help Public Health Officials Estimate the Need for COVID-19 Contact Tracing (May 7, 2020)
- National Health Organizations Announce COVID-19 Contact Tracing Training (Apr. 29, 2020)
- State Associations Release Roadmap to Recovery from COVID-19 (Apr. 27, 2020)
- Funding Public Health Should Always be a Priority (Apr. 16, 2020)
- Scaling Up Public Health Contact Investigation Key to America's Recovery: New Report Finds 100,000 Disease Investigators Needed Now (Apr. 10, 2020)
- Nation’s Public Health Leaders Urge President Trump to Use All Available Authorities to Quickly Produce Testing Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment (Apr. 9, 2020)
- ASTHO Statement on Use of Face Coverings by the General Public to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 (Apr. 3, 2020)
- ASTHO Statement on Easing Public Health Measures Amid COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 27, 2020)
- Joint Statement: Public Health Organizations Applaud Funding for Data Modernization Initiative (Mar. 27, 2020)
- COVID-19 Testing Needs to Be Limited to Priority Groups Until Sufficient Testing Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment is Available Nationwide (Mar. 20, 2020)
- ASTHO Statement Following COVID-19 National Emergency Declaration (Mar. 13, 2020)
- Mississippi State Department of Health Officer Thomas Dobbs Testifies on COVID-19 (Mar. 10, 2020)
- ASTHO Urges Swift Approval of COVID-19 Emergency Supplemental Funding (Mar. 4, 2020)
- Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike Testifies on COVID-19 (Mar. 4, 2020)
- Governmental Public Health Leaders Request Emergency Supplemental Funding for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Efforts (Feb. 24, 2020)
- Public Health Departments Are Prepared for Outbreaks (Feb. 5, 2020)
- Health Officials React to First Coronavirus Case in United States (Jan. 21, 2020)