ISSUE
Infectious Disease
Infectious disease outbreaks can strike any community. Local and state health officials have the legal authority and responsibility to protect the health and safety of their residents. This means public health practitioners work each day on prevention.
BCHC works to ensure that local public health officials continue to have the funding, authority, and other tools they need to protect their community when an outbreak hits.
Policy recommendations
BCHC works for vaccine equity, both at the local level and through our collective support for policies that work. For example, we support the creation and full funding of a Vaccines for Adults program to provide un- and under-insured adults no-cost access to routine and outbreak vaccines that are recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Policy Letter
Public comment: CDC’s vaccine advisers should follow the science
During the public comment period at the June 25–26, 2025, meeting of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), BCHC Executive Director Chrissie Juliano gave a statement on behalf of the Coalition.
Member spotlight
Frontline Blog
Preventing the next outbreak: inside Austin’s measles readiness model
When measles reemerged in the U.S. earlier this year, public health leaders in Austin didn’t wait for it to knock on their door. Instead, they asked: What if it happened here? And more importantly, how ready are we?
