Farewell, Providence! APHL Annual Meeting — Days 3 and 4
After four days of fascinating speakers, networking with peers and partners from around the world, and enjoying public health jokes that only insiders would understand,…
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APHL Annual Meeting — Day 2
It was another great day at the APHL Annual Meeting! From cholera to opioids to storytelling, the day was packed full of fascinating presentations from…
UberOps CEO talks public health in the cloud
In a very short time, Americans have become increasingly familiar with the cloud. Not the white fluffy ones in the sky, but the cloud where…
AIMS Platform: Outpacing Pathogens from the Cloud
By Rachel Shepherd, associate specialist, Informatics, APHL In a kindergarten classroom in Des Moines, a small boy begins to shiver uncontrollably. In a nursing home…
Hello, Providence! APHL Annual Meeting — Day 1
We had an exciting first day of the 2017 APHL Annual Meeting in Providence! The meeting kicked-off with a warm welcome from Dr. Ewa King,…
CDC Cuts Threaten our Health and our Economy
By Scott J. Becker, executive director, APHL The president’s proposed 2018 budget and repeal of the Affordable Care Act threaten to slash $2.3 billion from…
New Lab Matters: Cannabis testing and public health laboratories
As it stands today, cannabis is a Schedule I narcotic, on the same US government list as heroin, ecstasy and other illicit drugs deemed to…
Lab Culture Ep. 4: Past, Present and Future of PulseNet
PulseNet revolutionized foodborne outbreak detection in the United States. What exactly is it? How did it get started? Why was it so significant? And what…
Lab Culture Ep. 3: APHL Marches for Science
APHL was an official and proud partner of the March for Science! We spoke with two people who joined us on Saturday, April 22 about…
Rhode Island laboratory responds to toxic algae bloom, safeguarding health and the local economy
by Kim Krisberg Every week, the Rhode Island State Health Laboratory tests water from Narragansett Bay, monitoring the estuary for harmful toxin producing plankton that…