By Laura Siegel, Specialist, NCPHLL It’s fellowship season at APHL! Last month we received over 315 applications for the 2014-2015 class of EID fellows. As…
By R. Suzanne Beard, PhD, Emerging Infectious Disease Research Fellow Dried blood spots (DBS), drops of blood collected to screen newborns for congenital disorders, are the…
By William Murtaugh, specialist, HIV/TB programs, Infectious Disease, APHL “Defeat TB: Now and in the Future.” This was the first theme of World Tuberculosis Day…
By Michael Heintz, MS, JD, senior specialist, environmental laboratories, APHL Hi. I’m Michael and I admit it: I’m a Winter Olympics fanatic. From learning new…
By A. Christian Whelen, PhD, D(ABMM), State Laboratories Director, Hawaii Department of Health Aloha from the fiftieth state. Almost eight years ago, I hung up my uniform and joined…
By APHL staff Stephanie Chester, Senior Specialist, Influenza; Laura Iwig, Senior Specialist, Infectious Diseases; and Jennifer Adams, Lead Specialist, PulseNet Quality Assurance As the government…