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State Legislatures Reshape Public Health Legal Authority

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Policy,

Public Health Law,

Health Policy Update,

State Health Policy,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Tobacco Control,

Healthcare Access,

STIs,

HIV,

North Carolina,

South Carolina,

Hawaii,

Washington,

Texas,

Utah,

Kansas,

Idaho,

Oklahoma,

Wyoming,

New Hampshire,

Jessica Baggett,

Andy Baker-White,

Maggie Davis

Learn how state and territorial legislatures can bolster or restrict public health legal authority, with examples from early COVID-19 as well as 2024.

Public Health Policy Issues to Watch in 2021

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Health Policy Update,

Policy,

State Health Policy,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID Vaccine,

COVID and Community Mitigation,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Immunization,

Vaccine Distribution,

Vaccine Hesitancy,

Influenza,

Leadership and Workforce Development,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

STIs,

HIV,

Tobacco Control,

Substance Misuse,

Opioids,

Overdose Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Maternal Morbidity and Mortality,

Risk-Appropriate Care,

Public Health Law,

Preparedness,

Emergency Powers,

Health Equity,

Rural Health,

Healthcare Access,

Andy Baker-White,

Beth Giambrone,

Maggie Davis,

Environmental Health,

Food and Water Safety,

PFAS,

Evidence or Fact-Based Measures

With many of the state and territorial legislatures reconvening over the next few weeks, we can look forward to new (and not-so-new) legislation start to crop up that will impact public health. To help navigate the new legislative ...

Health in the 2020 Political Party Platforms

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Health Policy Update,

Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Public Health Law,

Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Funding,

COVID and Healthcare Systems,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Immunization,

Vaccine Distribution,

Preparedness,

Pandemics,

Population Health and Prevention,

Healthcare Access,

Medicaid and Public Health Partnerships,

Jeffrey O. Ekoma,

Partnership

In anticipation of the upcoming presidential election in November, the Republican and Democratic National Committees released their platforms. These platforms provide an overview of values, policies, positions, and principles on various ...

The Seven Biggest Public Health Policy Issues on the Hill in 2020

Blog,

Health Policy Update,

Policy,

Federal Government Affairs,

Preparedness,

Pandemics,

Emergency Powers,

Public Health Law,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Law/Policy,

Population Health and Prevention,

Social and Behavioral Health,

Tobacco Control,

Data Modernization and Informatics,

Health Equity,

Race and Public Health,

Funding,

Healthcare Access,

Jeffrey O. Ekoma,

Data Modernization

As a truly historic year comes to an end, many public health policy issues received a considerable amount of attention in 2020. Subjects such as the pandemic that will live on in infamy, racial health disparities, and the future of the ...

Reproductive Health Services Expanded During Pandemic but Inequities Persist

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Policy,

Public Health Law,

Infectious Disease,

COVID-19,

COVID and Special Populations,

COVID and Capacity,

COVID and Telehealth,

Population Health and Prevention,

Women, Infant, and Family Health,

Healthcare Access,

Telehealth,

Social and Behavioral Health,

STIs,

Alaska,

Delaware,

Georgia,

Massachusetts,

New Hampshire,

New York,

Rhode Island,

South Carolina,

Contraception Access,

Health Equity,

Series,

Public Health Transformation

When the COVID-19 pandemic began the need for greater access to virtual reproductive healthcare services increased dramatically. Telehealth increased access to providers, eased workflows and infection protection for clinical staff, and ...