Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, reflects on his work in the state of Maine as he readies for his next job as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's number two in charge;...
Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Immediate Past President and Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, reflects on his work in the state of Maine as he readies for his next job as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's number two in charge; Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, tells the Washington Post he thinks an annual COVID-19 vaccine is more likely to be accepted by the public than more frequent shots; and Dr. Esther Muna, CEO for the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation in the Northern Mariana Islands, says the new Medicaid law will allow people to avoid traveling thousands of miles to get treatment.
ASTHO Blog Article: Bringing the U.S. Territories Closer to Medicaid Equity
Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Former Director, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Former President, ASTHO
Chief Executive Officer and Territorial Health Official, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, the Healthcare System of the CNMI