Award honors the podcast's role in delivering timely public health news and expert insights to public health professionals nationwide.

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) podcast, Public Health Review Morning Edition, received a Bronze Anthem Award in the Public Health, Health category. The award recognizes the podcast's ability to provide public health professionals with timely news, expert perspectives, and practical lessons from across the country.

Public Health Review Morning Edition provides concise daily updates on important public health issues, including policy, funding, workforce development, emergency preparedness, infectious diseases and other emerging challenges. Since launching in 2021, the podcast has published more than 1,200 episodes and receives nearly 10,000 monthly listens.

"Clear, timely communication is essential to a strong public health system," says Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH, ASTHO CEO. "Public Health Review Morning Edition helps health professionals stay informed, hear directly from experts and understand how public health issues are unfolding across the country. We're proud to see this work recognized by the Anthem Awards."

The podcast has featured a wide range of prominent voices in public health, journalism and public health leadership, including former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams; former CDC directors Mandy Cohen and Robert Redfield; Alabama Department of Public Health state health officer Scott Harris; Indiana Department of Health state health commissioner Lindsay Weaver; U.S. Public Health Service and Chief Parasitic Diseases Branch, CDC, Captain Paul Cantey; epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina; former Wall Street Journal reporter Julie Wernau; and bestselling author Stephen Covey.

The Anthem Awards, launched by The Webby Awards, recognizes impactful work by organizations and individuals advancing social good around the world. Public Health Review Morning Edition was selected as a finalist for the sixth annual awards from more than 2,500 entries submitted globally.

The award marks another milestone for ASTHO's podcast, which in 2023 received a Bronze Anvil Award of Commendation from the Public Relations Society of America.

Produced in partnership with Grod Media, Public Health Review Morning Edition is available on major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Learn more and listen to episodes at newscast.astho.org.

ASTHO is the national nonprofit organization representing the public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. territories and freely associated states, and Washington, D.C., as well as the more than 100,000 public health professionals these agencies employ. ASTHO members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy and to ensuring excellence in public health practice.

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