Coronavirus stimulus provides key investments in public health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Silver Spring, MD, March 27, 2020 — The emergency aid package passed by Congress today makes key investments in public health, according…
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APHL and partners: COVID aid package provides much needed funding for data modernization
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2020 Washington, D.C. – Together, the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO),…
COVID-19 Testing Needs to Be Limited to Priority Groups Until Sufficient Testing Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment is Available Nationwide
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) issued the…
APHL CEO to his kids: We will get through this. Now go wash your hands.
By Scott J. Becker, CEO, APHL I’m a dad to two girls – one in high school and one in college – both of whom…
APHL: Expanding Testing Capacity for COVID-19 Greatly Bolsters U.S. Public Health Response
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more, contact Michelle Forman at 240.485.2793 or michelle.forman@aphl.org Statement from Scott Becker, CEO of Association of Public Health Laboratories Silver Spring,…
APHL and Partners Urge Emergency Funding to Bolster Novel Coronavirus Response
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michelle Forman, 240.485.2793 Silver Spring, MD — In a letter to the White House and Congress, the Association of Public Health Laboratories…
Media Statement on Novel Coronavirus Public Health Emergency Declaration from APHL Executive Director Scott Becker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michelle Forman at 240.485.2793, michelle.forman@aphl.org David Fouse, 202.262.5417, david.fouse@aphl.org Silver Spring, MD, January, 31, 2020 — “Today the White House declared…
Responding to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerging in Wuhan, China
By Scott J. Becker, executive director, APHL As news spreads of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerging in Wuhan, China, we at APHL are taking…
Lab Culture Ep. 21: 2019 Year in Review
Are we already at the end of 2019?! While to many of us it felt like the year flew by, APHL staff, members and partners…
New Lab Matters: Making data fly
In today’s technology-connected world, information moves quickly. But in the world of public health, pathogens often travel faster than the data needed to diagnose, treat…