Dr. Macarena Garcia, a Senior Health Scientist at the Office of Rural Health at the CDC, summarizes a report focused on preventable premature deaths in rural America; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director for Government Affairs, updates us on the appropriations work his team has been doing; and ASTHO has published three briefs centered on the improvement of health data sharing.
CDC Webpage: Leading Causes of Death in Rural America as a Public Health Issue
Tableau Public Dashboard: Preventable Early Deaths in the United States, 2010-2022
Public Health Review Podcast Episode: Improving Retail Food Safety with the FDA Food Code
