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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…

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Media Statement on Novel Coronavirus Public Health Emergency Declaration from APHL Executive Director Scott Becker

January 31, 2020

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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…

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Responding to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerging in Wuhan, China

January 24, 2020

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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…

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Lab Culture Ep. 21: 2019 Year in Review

December 16, 2019

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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…

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New Lab Matters: Making data fly

December 10, 2019

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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…

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APHL’s newborn screening program goes global

November 18, 2019

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Outside of the US and other resource-rich nations, few countries have the capital, infrastructure and human resources required to sustain a newborn screening program. Despite…

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In Puerto Rico, a new molecular bacteriology lab allows better control of foodborne outbreaks

November 13, 2019

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Sometimes a new facility is more than just four walls and a roof. In Puerto Rico, it was the springboard to improving foodborne outbreak response…

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CDC findings mark a breakthrough in investigation of lung injury associated with vaping

November 8, 2019

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Statement from Scott J. Becker, executive director, Association of Public Health Laboratories Silver Spring, MD, November 8, 2019 — “Test results announced today by the…

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Humboldt County Public Health Lab was ready for ricin thanks to LRN

October 29, 2019

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By Jody DeVoll, advisor, communications, APHL Jeremy Corrigan, Humboldt County Public Health Laboratory manager, was having a quiet Tuesday morning when he received a call…

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Lab Culture Ep. 20: 20 Years of the Laboratory Response Network

October 17, 2019

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This year marks 20 years since the inception of the Laboratory Response Network (LRN). Founded by APHL, CDC and the FBI, the LRN exists to…

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