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Instead, we will hold a virtual, S/THO-only leadership retreat on Oct. 20. More details will be shared with members soon. Latest Additions to ASTHO's COVID-19 Page: States Support Rural Hospitals While COVID-19 Highlights Challenges and Ensuring Safe Access to Oral Healthcare During COVID-19 Looking for more materials to aid your agency's COVID-19 efforts? Visit ASTHO's COVID-19 page to view resources on capacity, communication, contact tracing and disease intervention, recovery, resilience, and more. Nation’s Public Health Leaders Stand United Against Racism From ASTHO's statement about racism, health disparities, and systemic oppression: "Racism has no place within our society, and it counters our vision of advancing health equity and optimal health for all." Making Contact: A Training for COVID-19 Contact Tracers Do you want to learn about contact tracing? This entry-level e-learning opportunity provides a foundation in contact tracing over the course of four lessons. The material includes how to identify, assess, and manage people who have been exposed to the infection. COVID-19: Simple Answers to Top Questions Risk Communications Guide The updated guide includes revisions to all 45 original questions and the addition of more than 15 new questions related to mitigation and long-term response, funerals and post-mortem concerns, contact tracing, medical interventions, and more. New questions are highlighted for reader ease. ASTHO Challenge Learn more about the ASTHO Challenge and how you can help play a major role in building healthy communities. ASTHO President's Challenge Initiatives A yearly initiative of ASTHO to improve population health through the work of state public health agencies. My.ASTHO Join your colleagues and participate in various discussion topics on my.ASTHO, ASTHO's collaboration and discussion platform. ASTHO members can access the platform here » StatePublicHealth.org States Support Rural Hospitals While COVID-19 Highlights Challenges The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and magnified the factors leading to rural hospital closures across the country. In many parts of the country, elective procedures were suspended to conserve critically needed personal protective equipment and to reduce COVID-19 exposure by patients and hospital staff. But for many rural hospitals, the suspension of elective procedures—combined with the reduced the use of non-urgent services by apprehensive patients—meant a loss of revenue and the furloughing of healthcare staff. Unfortunately, these kinds of challenges are not new to rural hospitals. Ensuring Safe Access to Oral Healthcare During COVID-19 June is Oral Health Month, and it’s important to remember that dental care and the oral health workforce have also been tremendously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the midst of stay at home orders, nationwide closures, and related employment loss, people have largely put their oral health on the back burner. Avoiding Lyme Disease as Americans Get Outdoors this Summer As states begin relaxing stay at home orders and implementing phased processes of reopening public establishments and parks, more Americans are enjoying the outdoors. In order to maintain recommend distance from others, many people are likely to spend time in public or state parks. While these activities may help to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it does increase individuals’ exposure to Lyme disease, one of the most common vector-borne diseases in the United States. -- Upcoming Events Sustainable Financing for Rural Hospitals: How COVID-19 has Changed the Equation Jul 14, 2020 3:00 p.m. ET View All Events Follow @ASTHO @ASTHO on Twitter Tweets by @ASTHO Corporate Alliance Partners -- © 2020 Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Privacy Copyright HIV/AIDS Content Notice...