Zika: Old virus, new challenges
Even though Zika is not a new virus, this recent outbreak has brought forth many new challenges and questions. Our partners and colleagues within the…
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Where are they Now? APHL/CDC Emerging Infectious Disease Fellow Looks Back
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…
HIV Testing Where Ice Melts Fast: EID Fellow Reports from Botswana
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…
TB Vanquished by Lab System in the “Malibu of the Midwest”
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…
Sochi? So What? Public and Environmental Health at the Winter Olympics
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…
Life After the Military: Consider a Career in Public Health
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…
Public Health Labs Lend a Helping Hand During Federal Government Shutdown
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…
Getting to Zero: Lab Scientists Fight HIV/AIDS in Africa
By APHL Global Health Program Over three decades have passed since the words “HIV” and “AIDS” became part of our everyday lexicon. Though we have…