Lab Culture: Introducing PKU Life Podcast with Kevin Alexander
Fifty-five years ago, newborn screening was born. At the time, though, that little heel prick was performed to screen for only one condition: phenylketonuria (PKU).…
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Improving newborn sickle cell screening in Africa: ‘We can affect change there just like we did in the US’
by Kim Krisberg In the US, nearly all children born with sickle cell disease survive into adulthood. Across the globe in sub-Saharan Africa, more than…
APHL Receives $7.5 Million Award to Strengthen Newborn Screening Systems
Congratulations to APHL's Newborn Screening and Genetics team and the NewSTEPs team! Below is the official announcement of the award. -- The Association of Public Health…
Lab Culture Ep. 11: What if there were no public health labs?
Maybe the saying is true: you don’t know what you had until it is gone. For the families in this episode, the absence of public…
APHL: President Trump’s FY 2019 budget request is “disheartening and disappointing”
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is very concerned about the decline in federal funding for public health functions such as detection, surveillance and…
Lab Culture Ep. 5: My Niece’s Positive Newborn Screen
Four years ago, as APHL joined with partners to celebrate the 50th anniversary of routine newborn screening in the United States, newborn screening hit more…
Making Sense of Newborn Screening Cut-off Values
Newborn screening is the practice of screening every baby in their first 24-48 hours of life for certain harmful or potentially fatal conditions that are…
APHL’s top 10 blog posts of 2016
There is never a dull year in public health, but 2016 seemed particularly eventful. From Zika to the twentieth anniversary of PulseNet, APHL’s top blog…
7 times public health preparedness proved critical
Our nation’s public health system responds to emergencies such as natural disasters, infectious disease outbreaks, bioterrorism attacks and more both domestically and globally. There’s no…
Addition of lysosomal storage disorders to newborn screening panels is complex and highly emotional
By Michelle Forman, senior specialist, media, APHL When it comes to newborn screening, the primary goal, simply stated, is to save or improve the lives…