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    June 2020

    Title Source Date
    Public health workers fighting virus face growing threats The Associated Press 06/12/2020
    Red Cross Warns of a ‘Staggering’ Drop in Blood Supplies The New York Times 06/02/2020
    What Are the Options for Training Contact Tracers? Medscape 06/02/2020
    How to become a contact tracer, one of the fastest-growing jobs in America CNBC 06/02/2020
    How St. Louis Plans To Conduct Contact Tracing, Hire More Workers St. Louis Public Radio 06/01/2020

    May 2020

    Title Source Date
    Health Inspections Take on New Role in Monitoring Restaurant Safety Route Fifty 05/29/2020
    How the Coronavirus Exacerbated Oregon’s Bitter Political Divide The New Yorker 05/28/2020
    Health Officials Gear Up to Trace the Path of Coronavirus Contacts Comstock's Magazine 05/28/2020
    Contact tracing poses new challenge in coronavirus outbreak Yahoo! Finance 05/27/2020
    State Plans to Hire Fewer Contact Tracers Than Experts Recommend Oklahoma Watch 05/26/2020
    Maine contact tracing efforts to be expanded WABI-TV (Augusta, Maine CBS Affiliate) 05/26/2020
    Health Departments Concerned About Rising STDs During the Covid-19 Pandemic Blogarama 05/25/2020
    On the front lines of the pandemic, grocery workers are in the dark about risks The Washington Post 05/24/2020
    The Road to Reopen: 2 experts discuss reopenings for main streets, schools and child care News-12 New Jersey 05/23/2020
    CDC Warns of 'Increase in Rodent Activity' at Restaurants and Food Venues Closed By COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns Newsweek 05/23/2020
    Alaska plans to more than triple its workforce of COVID-19 contact detectives Alaska Public News 05/22/2020
    One Oregon county has widespread COVID-19 testing. Others aren’t so lucky. High Country News 05/22/2020
    Isolating coronavirus patients isn’t as easy as it sounds Axios 05/21/2020
    Will Arizona get hit by a second wave of COVID-19? Here's what we know Arizona Central 05/20/2020
    America’s Patchwork Pandemic Is Fraying Even Further The Atlantic 05/20/2020
    Food safety award from NACCHO for 2020 goes to Southern Nevada Health District Food Safety News 05/19/2020
    Southern Nevada Health District Awarded for Excellence in Food Protection Quality Assurance & Food Safety 05/19/2020
    Health department recommends greater St. Louis area needs to hire about 600 contact tracers KMOX Radio (St. Louis) 05/19/2020
    Is Vermont ready to reopen? Yes and no. Vermont Digger 05/19/2020
    You Don’t Need Invasive Tech for Successful Contact Tracing. Here’s How It Works. ProPublica 05/19/2020
    Investing in public health is more important than ever The Billings Gazette 05/18/2020
    Health District explores ways to ramp up contact tracing capacity Las Vegas Sun 05/16/2020
    Lacking Money and Power, Authorities Barely Enforce Virus Rules Bloomberg News Wire 05/15/2020
    Coronavirus contact tracers' nemeses: People who don't answer their phones Good Morning America 05/15/2020
    Florida is contact tracing COVID-19 but sharing few details about it WFTS, Tampa Bay ABC News Affiliate 05/14/2020
    Covid-19: The US state copying a global health template for contact tracing success The British Medical Journal 05/13/2020
    Contact tracing is key to fighting COVID-19 in Illinois. Here’s how you can help. Belleville News-Democrat 05/13/2020
    Kentucky, Indiana ramp up contact tracing in fight against COVID-19 WDRB Louisville 05/13/2020
    Thousands of Californians Are Training to Be COVID-19 Contact Tracers in 1st Statewide Program The Wrap 05/13/2020
    Solano County health officials use contact tracing to map COVID-19 spread Fox 40 Sacramento 05/13/2020
    What Are Contact Tracers, And Will They Slow The Spread Of COVID-19? The Huffington Post 05/13/2020
    How Louisiana’s Massive Effort To Test And Trace Coronavirus Cases Could Fall Short WWNO Radio (New Orleans NPR station) 05/12/2020
    Mosquitos Don’t Carry COVID-19, But They’re Still A Threat In California CapRadio (California NPR station) 05/12/2020
    States Need to Hire More COVID-19 Contact Tracers Governing 05/12/2020
    States Ramp Up Contact Tracing Amid Reopening WebMD 05/12/2020
    As States Seek COVID Detectives, Librarians Are Among The Candidates KUNC (Colorado NPR station) 05/11/2020
    Hawaii Updates: Cases Up 2; Health Dept. Under More Fire; Prosecutor Raises Alarms Over Inmates Hawaii Public Radio 05/11/2020
    This course will train an army of contact tracers. You can take it, too. The Washington Post 05/11/2020
    Virginia misses key marks on virus testing as leaders eye reopening Richmond Times-Dispatch 05/10/2020
    Contact tracers are key to stopping another surge in cases. Does St. Louis have enough? St. Louis Post-Dispatch 05/10/2020
    Public Health Experts Say Many States Are Opening Too Soon To Do So Safely NPR 05/09/2020
    Lost your job? Consider becoming a "contact tracer" CBS News 05/08/2020
    Without CDC Guidance, Reopenings Follow a Patchwork of Rules (1) Bloomberg Law 05/08/2020
    How Contact Tracing Could Help Slow The Spread Of The Coronavirus WSFU, Tallahassee Public Radio 05/04/2020
    Florida starts to reopen despite missing a critical tool Orlando Sentinel 05/01/2020
    San Francisco recruits army of social workers, librarians and investigators to track Covid-19 The Guardian 05/01/2020
    State Health Department Launches Condom Delivery Service During Coronavirus WCBS Radio 05/01/2020
    Michigan health department launches condom delivery service during coronavirus St. Louis News Radio KMOX 05/01/2020
    Florida starts to reopen despite missing a critical tool Orlando Sun Sentinel 05/01/2020
    Louisville Ramps Up Coronavirus Contact Tracing Efforts WFPL, Louisville Public Radio 05/01/2020

    April 2020

    Title Source Date
    Public health labs suffered budget cuts prior to coronavirus American Public Media 04/27/2020
    The rats are coming. Here’s how we can keep them away. The Washington Post 04/24/2020
    Tracking Everyone With Coronavirus Is a Huge Task. These Systems Could Help. Consumer Reports 04/24/2020
    Pandemic sparks concerns about surging STD, HIV rates The Hill 04/23/2020
    State, local health departments get $631 million to jump-start coronavirus testing, contact tracing The Washington Post 04/23/2020
    Coronavirus detectives: Here’s how counties try to track everyone exposed CALmatters 04/23/2020
    Leaders mull reopening as experts warn of coming coronavirus waves San Antonio Express 04/23/2020
    New COVID-19 test to begin in developmentally disabled homes as NJ scales up testing My Central Jersey 04/22/2020
    How climate change has affected each state MSN 04/22/2020
    The Road Ahead With COVID-19 WebMD 04/21/2020
    Health departments are concerned about spikes in STIs while attention is on COVID-19 The Verge 04/21/2020
    Health officials assoc. says surge in health care workers needed to safely get back to normal WINK-TV 04/17/2020
    What Will a Reopening of America Look Like? HealthDay 04/20/2020
    Why contact tracers are key to unlocking economy The Hill 04/18/2020
    Contact Tracing Shortage Could Strain Efforts to Reopen Economy U.S. News & World Report 04/17/2020
    Officials poised to take governor's lead on reopening economy Victoria Advocate 04/16/2020
    How Do We Exit The Shutdown? Hire An Army Of Public Health Workers Kaiser Health News 04/13/2020
    'Kind of like a war:' Inside a Monmouth County health department as it battles COVID-19 Asbury Park Press 04/13/2020
    Why The Coronavirus Is Killing Black Americans At Outsize Rates Across The US BuzzFeed 04/10/2020
    Local Health Departments Standing Strong on the Frontlines of COVID-19 Response Homeland Security Today 04/09/2020
    Coronavirus: $5 Million in Federal Funding Will Boost Local NJ Health Departments North Jersey.com 04/09/2020
    Why the U.S. Isn’t on Track to Open Up? Labs Nationwide Are Overwhelmed by Patient Samples Amid a Shortage of Critical Supplies POLITICO 04/07/2020
    Wondering About Your Health Department? Here’s Some Answers Cleveland.com 04/06/2020
    States Share Covid-19 Patient Addresses with First Responders Route Fifty 04/06/2020
    Health Departments Facing Coronavirus Crisis After Budget Cuts Trim Staff Newsday 04/05/2020
    A Deficit of More Than 250,000 Public Health Workers Is No Way to Fight Covid-19 STAT News 04/05/2020
    Special Report: How the COVID-19 Lockdown Will Take Its Own Toll on Health Reuters / New York Times 04/03/2020
    Google Taps Vast Trove of Location Data to Aid Global Effort to Combat Coronavirus The Washington Post 04/03/2020
    LISTEN: The Local and State Health Department Perspective on the COVID-19 Outbreak Homeland Security Today 04/02/2020

    March 2020

    Title Source Date
    NJ's local health departments have been underfunded for years. Now they're playing catch-up North Jersey.com 03/30/2020
    How the $2 Trillion CARES Act Divides Up as States Call for COVID-19 Help Homeland Security Today 03/28/2020
    ‘There is no surge plan’: Despite warnings, Congress failed to fully fund pandemics bill POLITICO 03/28/2020
    Obama admin repeatedly sought millions in CDC funding cuts, despite Biden's attacks on Trump preparedness Fox News 03/27/2020
    Connecting amidst the coronavirus Community Health Magazine 03/27/2020
    Is America Ready for a Second Wave of Coronavirus? Route Fifty 03/26/2020
    U.S. Hospital Beds Were Already Maxed Out Before Coronavirus Pandemic U.S. News & World Report 03/26/2020
    Few sheltered as California aims to help homeless amid virus Associated Press 03/26/2020
    Public health workers are on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus. But they’ve bled resources for years. North Carolina Health News 03/24/2020
    Pandemic Highlights Years Of Cuts At State, Local Health Departments Newsy 03/20/2020
    The Front Lines of the Coronavirus Fight U.S. News & World Report 03/20/2020
    Officials long warned funding cuts would leave California vulnerable to pandemic. No one listened Los Angeles Times 03/20/2020
    U.S. Government Plans to Ratchet Up Emphasis on Social Distancing Wall Street Journal 03/19/2020
    The Trump Administration Fumbled Its Initial Response to Coronavirus. Is There Enough Time to Fix It? TIME Magazine 03/19/2020
    Congress Has Starved Local Public-Health Departments East Bay Express 03/18/2020
    Even before coronavirus, infectious disease was on rise in California — but spending got cut San Francisco Chronicle 03/16/2020
    Cracks emerge in health departments The Columbian 03/15/2020
    America has no real public health system – coronavirus has a clear run The Guardian 03/15/2020
    US reaches moment of truth on coronavirus The Hill 03/15/2020
    The Coronavirus Swamps Local Health Departments, Already Crippled by Cuts The New York Times 03/14/2020
    Coronavirus (COVID-19) Spearheads Conversations at CCC Cities Speak 03/13/2020
    Trump Administration Confronts New Coronavirus Testing Woes Wall Street Journal 03/13/2020
    FACTS NOT FEAR: Breaking down COVID-19 George Roberts with NET Health speaks on coronavirus in East Texas. CBS 19 03/11/20202
    The push for paid sick leave Axios 03/11/2020
    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cough-fever-not-enough-americans-find-as-strict-rules-limit-who-gets-tested-for-coronavirus-184704103.html Yahoo! News 03/11/2020
    As California retreats from containment, New York sends in the National Guard Los Angeles Times 03/11/2020
    COVID-19 Cruise Ship Update Capital Public Radio 03/11/2020
    Sacramento, Placer, Yolo Counties No Longer Recommend 14-Day Quarantine After Exposure Capital Public Radio 03/10/2020
    How ready is Florida’s health department for the coronavirus? Tampa Bay Times 03/10/2020
    Health agencies’ funding cuts challenge coronavirus response The Washington Post 03/08/2020
    Doctors Getting More Latitude to Test Patients for COVID-19 MedPage Today 03/06/2020
    West Coast officials prep for possible coronavirus outbreak among homeless NBC News 03/06/2020
    Adriane Casalotti on U.S. Coronavirus Response C-Span 03/06/2020
    NACCHO Leader George Roberts on Coronavirus Outbreak C-Span 03/06/2020
    Coronavirus testing could cost some patients extra The Hill 03/05/2020
    The Coronavirus Response is Straining an Already Depleted Public Health System Route Fifty 03/04/2020
    Coronavirus Costs: Who’s Paying for All This? Wall Street Journal 03/04/2020
    How to talk to kids about coronavirus Care.com 03/03/2020
    Lessons From U.S. Hospitals Caring For COVID-19 Patients NPR 03/02/2020
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