Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer for the Alaska Department of Health and ASTHO Immediate Past President, tells us stigma is to blame for slowing progress on sexually transmitted infections; Dr. Scott Harris, State Health Officer for the Alabama Department of Public Health and an ASTHO Member, says the pandemic diverted people and resources away from STI work; Shelbi Davis, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Environmental Health, describes a new ASTHO training program to help your staff learn how to address the impacts of climate change in your communities; and ASTHO has plans for a webinar to discuss the definition of disability.

ASTHO Report: Policy Considerations for Reducing Congenital Syphilis

CDC Webpage: STI Awareness Week

The Hill News Article: US sees record syphilis cases as funding cuts threaten to worsen epidemic

ASTHO Webpage: Climate for Health Ambassadors Training

ASTHO Webinar: Defining Disability for Syndromic Surveillance – Data to Action