467: ASTHO Releases Authority Policy Statement, CDC Kicks Off School Vaccination Campaign

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English - July 25, 2023 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.02 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings
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Andy Baker White, ASTHO’s Senior Director of State Health Policy, outlines three new policy recommendations on Public Health Legal Authority; Dr. Georgina Peacock, the Director of the Immunization Services Division in the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, says vaccine coverage among kindergarten children is at a decade low; an ASTHO blog explains how Rhode Island was able to add 28 permanent staff positions; and sign up for ASTHO’s Public Health Weekly email newsletters.

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