Akin Demehin, Senior Director of Quality and Patient Safety Policy with the American Hospital Association, explains how hospitals are preparing for the possibility of another COVID-19 wave later this year; Dr. Mark Levine, Vermont Health Commissioner, discusses how he's feeling about the recent rash of mass shootings across the country; ASTHO publishes a brief summarizing resources to guide agency healthy aging work; and Missouri shares on a webinar how it used population segmentation to improve COVID-19 vaccination outreach.

American Hospital Association Report: Costs of Caring

American Hospital Association Letter: AHA, Others Urge HHS To Continue Public Health Emergency

Journal of Public Health Management & Practice Research Paper: The National Epidemic of Gun Violence: The Vermont Department of Health Response

ASTHO Brief: Public Health Frameworks to Advance Healthy Aging

ASTHO Webinar Registration: Cluster Analysis for Pop. Segmentation and Outreach: A Case Study in Missouri

Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO of the Trust for America's Health, details a new report that offers disturbing data on the drug, alcohol, and suicide crises facing the nation; Lt. Commander Traci Murray, Assistant Regional Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, explains the benefits of ASTHO's innovative Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health program; ASTHO publishes a video offering a six-step process agencies can use when planning hepatitis elimination efforts; and Dr. Jinlene Chan, Maryland's Deputy Secretary of Public Health, cites Maryland's COVID-19 testing team among her department's accomplishments in a new ASTHO Leadership Trailblazer article.

Trust for America's Health: 2022 Pain in the Nation Report

ASTHO Video: Planning Approaches for Viral Hepatitis Elimination

ASTHO Web Article: Leadership Trailblazer Spotlight: Jinlene Chan, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Health

Chelsea Kline, Associate Director of the Center of Excellence with the Alzheimer's Association, discusses a workshop planned in July that will give public health professionals the chance to learn how to address dementia through the social determinants of health; Admiral Rachel Levine, the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, talks about the importance of June's Pride month recognition; ASTHO publishes a new article that addresses the need to collect accurate race and ethnicity data and examines a CDC tool that helps target limited resources in rural and frontier areas of the country; and in a new ASTHO video discussion, two North Carolina state health officials tell how they have managed federal public health funds.

Public Health Center of Excellence Workshop Sign-Up

Alzheimer's Association Webpage: Alzheimer's Association Public Health Efforts

Journal of Public Health Management & Practice Article: Strategies to Operationalize Health Equity in State and Territorial Health Departments

ASTHO Blog Article: Timely Spending: North Carolina's Approach to Efficiently Utilizing Federal Funds

Admiral Rachel Levine, the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, explains how recent negative rhetoric focused on gender identity and sexual orientation in the classroom is impacting young people; Sandy Noel, the Statewide Planning and Ending HIV Epidemic Coordinator at the Florida Department of Health, discusses the vast benefits of ASTHO's Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health program; and ASTHO has a new blog article focused on improving youth mental health.

Webpage: The Trevor Project 2022 National Survey

Webpage: Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health

ASTHO Webpage: Placemaking Begets Youth Sports, Promoting Healthier Communities

Lynn Gallagher, former New Mexico State Health Director, explains how a new commission created by the New Mexico Supreme Court will work to address the mental health needs of people who are in and out of the court system; Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, shares how her young son confirmed the value of a state campaign to help connect parents and their kids; and ASTHO has extended the deadline to sign up for its Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health program.

New Mexico Order Establishing Commission on Mental Health and Competency

Webpage: Colorado's Forward Together Campaign

Webpage: Diverse Executives Leading in Public Health

Justa Encarnacion, Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health, discusses the differences and similarities in responding to COVID-19 as a territory as opposed to a state. Encarnacion also expands on the challenges the U.S. Virgin Islands have faced when it comes to vaccination.

Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health, looks back on the past 13 years of her career in Public Health. She has this conversation as she prepares for the next steps in her career, and leaves us with a few words of encouragement for public health workers across the country.

Mike Fraser, Chief Executive Officer for ASTHO, discusses the need for the continued funding of public health. Fraser also elaborates on the unique challenges they face when requesting the money and he explains where this funding would be allotted.