Jose Romero MD

Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health

405: Childhood Immunization Schedules, Island Area Health Equity Plans
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405: Childhood Immunization Schedules, Island Area Health Equity Plans

April 24, 2023

On the first day of National Infant Immunization Week, Dr. José Romero, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, discusses the importance of vaccines and the COVID-19 schedule for…

299: Pediatric Respiratory Cases Cause Concern
Immunization Social And Behavioral Health Overdose Prevention Infectious Diseases Substance Use Disorder State Health Policy Policy And Advocacy

299: Pediatric Respiratory Cases Cause Concern

Nov. 7, 2022

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President, releases a statement addressing the response to a spike in respiratory infections; Dr. Jose Romero, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, addres…

170: Hepatitis Alert
Immunization Vector-Borne Disease Hepatitis Infectious Diseases

170: Hepatitis Alert

May 3, 2022

Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama’s State Health Officer, discusses how states and territories are on alert for cases of hepatitis and adenovirus in children; Dr. Jose Romero, Arkansas’ Secretary of Health, is worried about increasi…

112: Messaging COVID Vaccines to New Parents

112: Messaging COVID Vaccines to New Parents

Feb. 4, 2022

Dr. Jose Romero, a pediatrician and Arkansas’ Secretary of Health, says there’s work to be done to prepare for the possibility of a vaccine for infants and toddlers; Dr. Josh Sharfstein, a pediatrician and former health offi…

62: Vaccine Hesitant Parents
Immunization Emerging Infectious Diseases COVID-19

62: Vaccine Hesitant Parents

Nov. 5, 2021

A panel of ASTHO members met with journalists for a virtual news conference Thursday to discuss the new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine and the challenges involved with convincing hesitant parents to vaccinate their kids against …

44: The Next Medicaid Cliff?
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44: The Next Medicaid Cliff?

Oct. 12, 2021

Dr. Jose Romero, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, discusses the negative impact vaccine misinformation has on efforts to protect communities of color from the COVID-19 virus; Congressman Darren Soto of Florida…

40: Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines
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40: Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccines

Oct. 5, 2021

Dr. Jose Romero, a pediatrician and Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, discusses COVID-19 vaccines for kids and parental hesitancy; ASTHO leaders discuss the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) process durin…