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Your daily public health briefing with the latest news from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO).
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1201: What the Latest Data Reveal About Healthy Aging in America (opens the original)
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America’s aging population is creating new priorities for public health, and the latest data show both progress and persistent challenges for older adults. The 14th edition of the America’s Health Rankings Senior Report finds encouraging gains in the workforce caring for older adults, preventive screenings and premature mortality, while also highlighting troubling increases in drug deaths, excessive drinking and suicide among seniors. Today, Rhonda Randall, executive vice president and chief med
1200: Data Modernization and Technology in the U.S. Territories (opens the original)
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Data modernization is especially challenging in the U.S. territories and freely associated states, where geographic isolation, aging infrastructure, natural disasters and workforce shortages can complicate efforts to build and sustain modern public health systems. Today we hear from Luigi Leblanc, a doctoral student at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, who will discuss lessons from his research into data modernization across the territories. He’ll explain
1199: View from Washington D.C.: What’s Ahead for Public Health as Congress Returns from Recess (opens the original)
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Congress returns from its August recess facing a packed fall agenda, with federal funding, public health leadership and the looming midterm elections shaping what lawmakers can accomplish before the end of the year. On this View from Washington D.C., ASTHO’s Vice President of Government Affairs, Jeffrey Ekoma, discusses the latest developments on Capitol Hill: the continuing resolution that will keep the federal government funded through December 11, what to watch in negotiations over FY2027 fun
1198: Modernizing the Data Behind Death Investigations (opens the original)
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Medical examiners and coroners sit at a critical intersection of public health, health care, law enforcement, and vital statistics, generating data that can provide important insight into why people die. Dan Tauriello, senior analyst for public health data modernization and informatics at ASTHO, explains how modernizing data systems in medical examiner and coroner offices can improve efficiency, strengthen connections with public health, and create better access to timely information. Tauriello
1197: Building Public Health Infrastructure for the Next Emergency (opens the original)
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South Carolina is investing in public health infrastructure designed not just to meet today’s needs, but to prepare for the next crisis. Brannon Traxler, acting director for the South Carolina Department of Public Health, and an ASTHO member discusses the state’s new public health and environmental laboratory, built to replace an aging facility that struggled to handle the demands of COVID-19 testing and modern laboratory equipment. The new lab is one of a small number of CDC Laboratory Response
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