Sami Jo Freeman

Deputy Communications Director, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

374: New COVID-19 Dashboard, Biden’s Proposed Budget
Funding COVID-19 View From Washington, D.C.

374: New COVID-19 Dashboard, Biden’s Proposed Budget

March 10, 2023

Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Relations, works through the numbers of President Biden’s proposed budget to evaluate the impact on public health funding and programs in this wee…

66:  New Health Misinformation Toolkit
COVID-19 ASTHO Child And Maternal Health Public Health Thank You Day

66: New Health Misinformation Toolkit

Nov. 12, 2021

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy unveils a new health misinformation toolkit; Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect, gives parents five reasons to vaccinate their kids against COVID-19; Sami Jo Freeman, Deputy Communicat…

64: Vaccine Incentives Explained
COVID-19 Government Relations Holidays Shot For 100 Delta Variant

64: Vaccine Incentives Explained

Nov. 9, 2021

Kimberly Hood, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Public Health at the Louisiana Department of Health, explains why the state expanded its COVID-19 vaccine incentive program to include payments for kids who get the new pe…