Environmental Health
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How has COVID-19 created challenges for pediatric lead testing?
by Ariana La Grenade-Finch, intern, Environmental Health, APHL COVID-19 has remained top news for several months and has altered lives in many ways. One of…
- New Lab Matters: Biosurveillance and the opioid epidemic
- APHL EVALI response spurred by strong communication
- CDC findings mark a breakthrough in investigation of lung injury associated with vaping
Food Safety
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Five food safety tips to keep your family healthy
By Kirsten Larson, manager, Food Safety, APHL, and Robyn Randolph, senior specialist, Food Laboratory Accreditation, APHL In this time of COVID-19, the ways in which…
- In Puerto Rico, a new molecular bacteriology lab allows better control of foodborne outbreaks
- Lab Culture Ep. 4: Past, Present and Future of PulseNet
- PulseNet key to solving 2010 E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce
Global Health
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Lab Culture Extra: Progress in Sierra Leone
APHL has a long history of involvement in Sierra Leone where we’ve provided technical assistance to strengthen the nation’s laboratory system for over a decade.…
- Nigerian malaria researcher joined the Milwaukee laboratory for a cultural exchange beyond the bench
- Improving newborn sickle cell screening in Africa: ‘We can affect change there just like we did in the US’
- Lab Culture Ep. 7: APHL’s International Team Meeting
Infectious Diseases
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APHL joins public health partners to condemn herd immunity scheme for controlling spread of SARS-CoV-2
Great Barrington Declaration is not grounded in science and is dangerous (Silver Spring, MD) – SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 has infected at least…
- Bridging the gap between clinical and public health
- How Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands rebuilt public health after catastrophic hurricanes
- New Lab Matters: The new world order of COVID-19
Informatics
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COVID-19 exposure notifications expand among public health community
The emergence of COVID-19 required swift action to develop systems and processes that support public health agencies and their pandemic response efforts. This year APHL…
- Connecting the COVID-19 dots with technology
- Bringing COVID-19 exposure notification to the public health community
- Moving data at the speed of a virus
Laboratory Systems and Standards
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The importance of test verification in public health laboratories
by Gynene Sullivan, manager, Communications, APHL With the changes to regulations regarding the development and dissemination of laboratory tests, there have been a myriad of…
- What Exactly Does the Shutdown Mean for Public Health?
- One World. One Health… and the Vector at Our Back Door
- Building and Sustaining an Efficient Laboratory through the Laboratory Efficiencies Initiative
Newborn Screening and Genetics
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Maximizing next-generation sequencing in newborn screening through bioinformatics
by Samantha Marcellus, MPH, APHL-CDC Newborn Screening Bioinformatics Fellow We live in the era of rapid access to near limitless information, over-the-counter DNA testing, and…
- APHL’s newborn screening program goes global
- APHL Newborn Screening Systems Quality Improvement Projects Award Recipients Announced
- Congratulations to 2019 APHL newborn screening award winners
Public Health Preparedness & Response
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Bridging the gap between clinical and public health
by Melanie Padgett Powers, writer A public health team in Oregon used a federal preparedness grant to zero in on the individualized needs of hospitals…
- How Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands rebuilt public health after catastrophic hurricanes
- COVID-19 and biosafety: Perspectives and lessons learned from a public health laboratory
- The importance of sustained federal funding for public health
Public Policy
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APHL, partners garner $550M for data modernization initiative
Like many aspects of public health, the effective, efficient movement of public health data has been chronically underfunded. Faced with this perpetual issue—combined with a…
- Coronavirus stimulus provides key investments in public health
- APHL and partners: COVID aid package provides much needed funding for data modernization
- APHL and Partners Urge Emergency Funding to Bolster Novel Coronavirus Response
Lab Culture Podcast
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Lab Culture Ep. 23: The Story Collider Presents: Pandemic Perspectives from the Public Health Laboratory
On August 27, 2020, APHL joined The Story Collider for a very special edition of their show featuring four true, personal stories about from APHL…
- Lab Culture Ep. 22: Life as a public health lab scientist testing for COVID-19
- Lab Culture Ep. 21: 2019 Year in Review
- Lab Culture Ep. 20: 20 Years of the Laboratory Response Network
General
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What do virtual reality training opportunities bring to laboratory professionals?
By Melanie Padgett Powers, writer Virtual reality offers an interactive, safe, useful and fun way for public health laboratory professionals to learn and evaluate new…
- APHL joins public health partners to condemn herd immunity scheme for controlling spread of SARS-CoV-2
- Bridging the gap between clinical and public health
- How Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands rebuilt public health after catastrophic hurricanes
Workforce & Professional Development
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What do virtual reality training opportunities bring to laboratory professionals?
By Melanie Padgett Powers, writer Virtual reality offers an interactive, safe, useful and fun way for public health laboratory professionals to learn and evaluate new…
- Lab Culture Ep. 17: Exploring bioinformatics: From fellow to full time in Virginia
- Lab Culture Ep. 12: Bitten by the public health bug — How I found my lab niche
- Lab Culture Ep. 11: What if there were no public health labs?
New Lab Matters: The new world order of COVID-19 
Whole Genome Sequencing Used to Trace COVID-19 Outbreaks 
COVID-19 and biosafety: Perspectives and lessons learned from a public health laboratory