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Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

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Maggie Davis

The 2020 holiday season is coinciding with a nationwide surge of COVID-19 cases. With great concern that holiday travel to see loved ones may exacerbate community spread of the virus, many states are increasing public health measures ...

Jurisdictions Moving Many ASTHO Essential Tobacco Control Policies Forward

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Joshua Berry,

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Over the past several years, states and jurisdictions have continued to implement important policies to reduce tobacco and nicotine use, including increasing tobacco prices, expanding areas deemed “smoke-free,” limiting the sale of ...

Proposed Vaccination Laws to Watch in the New Year

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Vaccines are one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century, as well as some of the most powerful and cost-effective tools to prevent disease, disparities, disability, and death among children and adults. The COVID-19 ...

States Increasing Supports for Early Childhood Programs

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Shannon Vance,

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Looking to the future, states are improving access to care, providing subsidies for tuition costs, expanding hours of licensed facilities, increasing access, and meeting the needs of both parents and children.