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State Policy Actions to Support Long-Term Care Facilities During COVID-19 Response

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Workforce,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Public Health Law,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Ashley Ottewell,
Kate Heyer,
Florida,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
New Jersey,
Texas,
COVID Preparedness,
COVID and Special Populations

As COVID-19 emerged and spread in the U.S., people working and residing in long-term care facilities have experienced a significant burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. As of Oct. 8, deaths associated with these facilities account for 40% ...

The Need for Modernizing Public Health Data in Responding to COVID-19

Blog,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
Data Modernization and Informatics,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Quality Improvement,
Accreditation,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Jeffrey O. Ekoma,
Population Health and Prevention,
Data Modernization

Public health data collection and surveillance systems by health departments are in dire need of modernization. Though the public health community began developing a path to modernization over the last decade, attention to this issue from ...

Public Health Infrastructure Proposals Gain Steam in Congress

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Funding,
COVID Recovery,
COVID and Workforce,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
Funding,
Health Equity,
Social Determinants of Health,
Population Health and Prevention,
Quality Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Strategic Planning,
Accreditation,
Emma Lange,
Preparedness

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the consequences of decades of underfunding. To ensure we are better prepared for future pandemics and biological threats, we must consider the long-term investments required to bolster our public ...

What You Need to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccine

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID Vaccine,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Law/Policy,
Policy,
Federal Government Affairs,
COVID and Communication,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Vaccine Hesitancy,
Preparedness,
Pandemics,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Accreditation,
Emma Lange

Many pharmaceutical companies urgently began developing a COVID-19 vaccine earlier this year to reduce the spread of the virus as the threat of a pandemic loomed. Fast forward several months and millions of COVID-19 cases later, states and ...