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Domestic Holiday Travel Pandemic Restrictions and Recommendations

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Community Mitigation,
COVID and Law/Policy,
COVID Preparedness,
Health Equity,
Tribal Health,
Preparedness,
Emergency Powers,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Territories and Freely Associated States,
Alabama,
Alaska,
American Samoa,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Washington, D.C.,
Federated States of Micronesia,
Florida,
Georgia,
Guam,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
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Massachusetts,
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Mississippi,
Missouri,
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Nebraska,
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Virginia,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
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 ...

Partner Coordination Efforts to Strengthen Infection Prevention and Control Practices

Report,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
Antimicrobial Resistance,
Healthcare-Associated Infections,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Public Health Infrastructure and Systems Improvement,
Quality Improvement,
Alabama,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Florida,
Iowa,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
South Carolina,
Washington

This report highlights examples of health department partnership coordination strategies to enhance surveillance, increase resource and staffing capacity, and improve communication and collaboration in order to strengthen infection ...

How Health Departments Can Work With Schools to Improve K-12 Contact Tracing Programs

Brief,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
Emerging Infectious Diseases,
Rhode Island,
Florida,
Louisiana,
North Carolina,
Oregon,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Contact Tracing/Disease Intervention,
Education,
Partnership

Developing and implementing contact tracing programs in K-12 schools presents a crucial opportunity for both health department and school leaders to keep students healthy, and schools open. This brief shares considerations for health ...

States Support Rural Hospitals While COVID-19 Highlights Challenges

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Infectious Disease,
COVID-19,
COVID and Capacity,
COVID and Funding,
COVID and Healthcare Systems,
COVID and Special Populations,
COVID and Telehealth,
COVID Testing and Screening,
Population Health and Prevention,
Healthcare Access,
Health Equity,
Rural Health,
Mississippi,
Wyoming,
North Carolina,
Missouri,
Utah,
Washington,
Oklahoma,
Florida,
Andy Baker-White

More than 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2010, and an additional 25% are at high risk of closure, and COVID-19 has magnified the existing stressors on rural healthcare. As a result, states are using a variety of measures to address ...

States Seek to Increase HPV Vaccine Coverage Through School Immunization Requirements

Blog,
Health Policy Update,
Policy,
State Health Policy,
Population Health and Prevention,
Social and Behavioral Health,
STIs,
Infectious Disease,
Immunization,
Vaccine Distribution,
Members,
Arkansas,
Connecticut,
Florida,
Hawaii,
Illinois,
Massachusetts,
New Jersey,
New York,
North Carolina,
Rhode Island,
Virginia,
Washington, D.C.,
Nathaniel Smith

Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a common virus that can lead to certain types of cancer later in life. Because of this, some policymakers are working to include the HPV vaccine in school entry immunization requirements to boost ...