Public health update





Media Advisory
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MEDIA ADVISORY

 

*Contact:*

 

DOH Communications <[email protected]>



Washington State Department of Health
Media Briefing

*WHO*



Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Secretary of Health, Washington State Department of Health

Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett, MD, MPH, Chief Science Officer, Washington State Department of Health

Lacy M. Fehrenbach, MPH, CPH, Chief of Prevention, Safety, & Health, Washington State Department of Health

Michele Roberts, MPH, MCHES, Assistant Secretary for Prevention & Community Health

Nate Weed, MPH, Chief of Resilience, Washington State Department of Health

Jason T. McGill, Assistant Director, Medicaid Program Division, Washington State Health Care Authority



*WHAT*



Update on the end of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and other public health topics



*WHEN*



*Friday, May 5, 2023, at 11:15 a.m. PT*

Please join the call 5 - 10 minutes early. Before the briefing begins, we will test the system to ensure we can answer your questions without technical issues.



*WHERE*

 

**HOW**



Reporters participating in the Q&A need to *register here [ [link removed] ]* with their name, email, phone, and news organization and attend via Zoom.

*Request to ask a question in advance of the briefing:

Send an email to **[email protected] **with the subject line "*"*Briefing Question" to get in the queue. *"No need to include your question. "We will ONLY call on queued reporters for questions and will not answer raised hands or take questions submitted by chat."

For ideal audio quality, download Zoom [ [link removed] ].

TVW will Livestream the briefing here [ [link removed] ].



 

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