
AMCHP’s Member Briefs is a biweekly newsletter that highlights maternal and child health resources, services and events of interest to AMCHP members.

May 18, 2023
AMCHP Announcements Never miss our updates! Sign up for our newsletters, and follow us on Twitter (@DC_AMCHP), LinkedIn (Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs), Facebook (AMCHPofficial), and Instagram (@DC_AMCHP). AMCHP Honors the...
April 20, 2023
COVID-19 Resources Moving Forward with COVID-19 Data CDC launched COVID Data Tracker in 2020 to provide state and local public health officials and communities with the COVID-19 data they need in one consolidated, easy-to-use location. Over the past three...
April 6, 2023
COVID-19 Resources COVID-19 Data Modernization The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed expectations for public health, especially the speed at which credible health information is delivered. It created an opportunity to further transform how the data...
March 23, 2023
COVID-19 Resources Spring into Action As we mark three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases, deaths, and hospitalizations have all been decreasing steadily. Much of the U.S. population has some form of immunity, either through vaccination or previous...
March 9, 2023
COVID-19 Resources Streamlining COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations On February 24, 2023, CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss the latest COVID-19 vaccine data, as well as potential updates to future COVID-19 vaccination...
February 23, 2023
COVID-19 Resources Create a COVID-19 Action Plan Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic almost three years ago, we have known that some people who are immunocompromised (have a weakened immune system) are more likely to get sick with COVID-19 or be sick...
February 9, 2023
COVID-19 Resources Variant Roundup The virus that causes COVID-19 is constantly changing. We continue to see new lineages of the Omicron variant, such as XBB.1.5, emerge and spread in the United States. This week, we provide an update on the most common Omicron...
January 26, 2023
COVID-19 Resources CDC COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review- A Better Data Picture For the past two years, COVID-19 has dominated respiratory disease activity in the United States, with other respiratory viruses circulating at lower levels than usual. But that trend...
January 12, 2023
COVID-19 Resources AMCHP COVID-19 Resources and Vaccination Pages AMCHP is committed to working alongside our federal agency and organizational partners to gather available information, resources, and guidance specific to our MCH population during the...
December 19, 2022
COVID-19 Resources Recent CDC News CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older AMCHP COVID-19 Resources and Vaccination Pages AMCHP is committed to working alongside our federal agency and organizational partners to...
December 1, 2022
COVID-19 Resources Recent CDC News CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older AMCHP COVID-19 Resources and Vaccination Pages AMCHP is committed to working alongside our federal agency and organizational partners to gather...
November 17, 2022
COVID-19 Resources Recent CDC News CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older CDC Expands Updated COVID-19 Vaccines to Include Children Ages 5 Through 11 AMCHP COVID-19 Resources and Vaccination Pages AMCHP is committed to...
November 2, 2022
COVID-19 Resources CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older On October 19, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo allowing Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults. This action gives people...
October 20, 2022
COVID-19 Resources CDC Expands Updated COVID-19 Vaccines to Include Children Ages 5 Through 11 On Wednesday, October 12, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo expanding the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines to children...
October 6, 2022
COVID-19 Resources Recent CDC News CDC Recommends the First Updated COVID-19 Booster AMCHP COVID-19 Resources and Vaccination Pages AMCHP is committed to working alongside our federal agency and organizational partners to gather available information, resources, and...