Communicating Through COVID-19 and Beyond: Impact and Insights from the Field of Public Health
Communicating Through COVID-19 and Beyond features insights and learnings from public health communicators across the country.
Answers to Tough Questions: Second Boosters
We have updated our messaging guidance and toolkit to help you answer questions in your community about who is eligible to receive a second COVID-19 booster shot.
Answers to Tough Questions: Antiviral Drugs
We have updated our messaging guidance on antiviral treatments, following the White House's announcement of an initiative to expand availability of free antiviral pills.
Answers to Tough Questions: Mask Guidance
We have new messaging guidance to help you answer questions about the new COVID-19 Community Level framework, mask guidance, considerations on mask-wearing and more.
Toolkit: FDA Approval
The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines both have full FDA approval. Communicating about full FDA approval is an opportunity for public health experts and state, local and federal officials to further emphasize the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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PHCC Field Survey: Two Years, Two Questions, Two Minutes of Your Time
The Public Health Communications Collaborative (PHCC) was formed in August 2020 by the CDC Foundation, the de Beaumont Foundation, and Trust for America’s Health to support the health and wellbeing…
Communications Tool: Building Bridges
Since the start of the pandemic, what we’ve known about COVID-19 has continued to evolve, but all research points clearly to the benefits of vaccination, masking, and testing. Public health communicators can play a vital role in saving lives and keeping people healthy by focusing on the most important and factual information available through the use of bridging statements.Â
Toolkit: COVID-19 Testing
Testing helps us to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and should be used alongside our best tools to stop this pandemic—getting vaccinated, getting boosted, and wearing a high filtration mask in indoor public settings. Now, every U.S. household can order up to four free COVID-19 tests through a new federal program, and at-home tests are covered by insurance.Â
Shareable Graphic: What Mask Should I Wear?
Along with getting vaccinated and boosted, wearing a well-fitting mask over your mouth and nose in indoor public settings or crowds is crucial to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. Experts recommend you upgrade your mask to a high filtration respirator if you want optimal protection. Use this resource to promote the highest level of mask protection in your community. The resource is also available in Spanish.
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Answers to Tough Questions: Quarantine and Isolation
We have new messaging guidance to help you answer questions in your community about the CDC's latest recommendations on the quarantine and isolation periods.