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

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. ASTHO Webpage: Public Health Legal Authority to Prevent and Mitigate the Spread of Communicable and Infectious Diseases and Other Public Health Threats CDC: Back to School with Routine Vaccines ASTHO Webpage: Workforce Policy Spotlight: Successfully Raising FTE Caps in Rhode Island ASTHO Webpage: Public Health Weekly email newsletters