Last week, ASTHO joined NNPHI, PHAB, & CDC to engage with local, state, & territorial public health recipients of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (#PHIG), a groundbreaking CDC investment to move #PublicHealth forward. Learn more: lnkd.in/esqDm_qC.

Tune in to today’s #PHRME as ASTHO member Dr. Sameer Vohra of Illinois Department of Public Health discusses the "Pause to Heal" campaign aimed at supporting #HarmReduction efforts and ASTHO’s Carolyn Mullen reflects on her recent Capitol Hill visit in a new View from Washington, D.C. 🎧discover.astho.org/4auK6F4

Thanks American Heart Association for inviting me to your event to celebrate 100 years of incredible advocacy successes! Proud to represent ASTHO along with my colleagues TFAH A to the K (ATTMFKHB...)

Thanks Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 for joining our newscast today! I'm a huge fan of your work & so honored you joined us!!

The top Democrat, Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D., just spoke about the public health groups calling on Congress to shift its focus. “Public health officials are public servants, not public enemies,” ASTHO’s leader wrote to the panel, warning of harassment. documentcloud.org/documents/2472…

As cases of H5N1 continue to rise in US cattle, countries are buying up bird flu vaccines for people, assessing vaccines for cows, and stepping up surveillance. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Today on PHRME, learn about CDC-funded Implementation Centers to assist with public health data modernization & exchange. On The View From Washington, DC, Carolyn Mullen stresses the positive impact of storytelling for public health funding. Tune in: discover.astho.org/3LG1o8t.

My heart is breaking for President Biden. If the rumors are true, let’s be compassionate. A good man who has devoted his life to serving his country. Regardless of your party, this is a human moment. This is as tough as it gets.

What a century this month has been.

He called it. Last fall on the last episode of The Circus, James Carville said “The era of strategic certainty is over. A year from now we’re gonna look back and say ‘God damn. Didn’t see that one coming’.”

News: House is no longer voting on the Energy & Water approps bill tonight amid expectations from GOP that it would fail Per majority whip's office, no more votes are expected in the House tonight

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I am convening the Emergency Committee regarding the upsurge of #mpox on Wednesday 14 August 2024. The Committee will provide me with its views on whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern -- and if so, it will advise me on the temporary

🔥😍 so amazing!!!!

“Just love”

WHO declares mpox a global health emergency as African outbreak grows. ⁦Fenit Nirappil⁩ washingtonpost.com/health/2024/08…

State and county fair season is in full swing. but the H5N1 outbreak is changing the look of the annual ritual of summer and fall. wapo.st/3ArQEbb

INBOX - West Nile virus has been detected in New York City residents for the first time this year, per nychealthy

Today, ASTHO hosted a deskside media briefing on the upcoming respiratory virus season with CT Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA, FACP, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Sameer Vohra, ASTHO SVP Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, and ASTHO CMO Marcus Plescia. To view: discover.astho.org/3AHbinI. #Flu #RSV #NIAM #NIAM24

US government is going to again make #Covid tests available for free, starting in late September. Folks will be able to order 4 free tests from Covidtests.gov, HHS ASPR's Dawn O'Connell says. More later.