Infectious Diseases
Join us for an insightful webinar on Meningococcal Disease Trends and Vaccination Updates Pertinent to the College-Aged Population. This session will explore the latest trends in meningococcal disease, with a…
ACHA’s Emerging Public Health Threats and Emergency Response (EPHTER) Coalition and Vaccine-Preventable Disease (VPD) Committee have issued guidance on managing COVID-19 in the upcoming academic year (2024-25). The EPHTER Coalition…
The Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPD) Committee addresses vaccine-preventable diseases by developing, reviewing, and disseminating vaccine-related resources and raising educational awareness. The Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (VPD) Board Advisory Committee leads the American College…
This coalition is for members with an interest in public health surveillance, emergency response, and preparing for and responding to emerging public health threats. Welcome to the ACHA Public…
This report explores vaccine coverage and policies at U.S. colleges and universities, highlighting the challenges and strategies in protecting campus communities from vaccine-preventable diseases. Discover how colleges and universities…
Recent high profile opinion pieces have presented arguments to support the rollback of various on-campus COVID-19 mitigation strategies. Several of these arguments rest upon two assertions we believe to be…
Note: the section on masks was revised March 2, 2022, to reflect updated CDC guidance. Dear ACHA Members and Colleagues: We recognize that, over the winter break, most of you…
In April of 2021, the American College Health Association (ACHA) recommended that institutions of higher education (IHEs) require COVID-19 vaccination for all on-campus college students for fall 2021. As of…
The in-person and residential college experience on campuses throughout the United States has been profoundly curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21. There have been enormous impacts on our college…
U.S. colleges and universities will soon open for the fall 2021 semester, bringing together millions of students, faculty, and staff to resume on-campus activities. Most institutions plan to operate at…
