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New Lab Matters: The role of public health laboratories on climate change

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Lab Matters Fall/Winter 2021

APHL’s Top 10 Stories of 2021

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APHL-CDC Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applicants for ’Unparalleled Opportunity’

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APHL Celebrates Much-Needed CDC Laboratory Construction Awards as ‘Important Beginning’

2 months ago

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For Public Health Thank You Day, APHL staff share their notes of thanks

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APHL Applauds Public Health Laboratory Investments in Build Back Better Bill

2 months ago

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One mom says the day of newborn screening “was the worst day of my life, but the best day for my son.”

2 months ago

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Lab Culture Ep. 27: Discussing food safety with colleagues, but please not over lunch

2 months ago

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Infectious Diseases

During a 2021 APHL Annual Conference session, Scott Shone, PhD, director of the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, held up a mini poster that still hangs on his wall that says at the top “States Are Now In Charge of Testing.”

Pandemic regulatory challenges created public health laboratory...

Flu practically disappeared during COVID-19 pandemic

Detecting, Sequencing and Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 Virus Variants

APHL Welcomes Biden Administration’s Boost to COVID-19 Testing Strategy

Newborn Screening & Genetics

Graphic shows three photos of families with children who have newborn screening conditions. From left: the Kettler family, the Lamb family, and the Pytel family.

One mom says the day of newborn screening “was the worst day of...

Social Media Ad Campaigns Successfully Recruit Newborn Screening Research Participants

APHL Celebrates 2021 Newborn Screening Award Winners

Newborn Screening Lessons Learned When Internet and Cell Service Went Down

Environmental Health

The New Jersey prenatal lead and mercury screening team pose for a group photo.

Lab Culture Ep. 26: How two New Jersey lab scientists launched...

The Convergence of the Opioid Crisis and COVID-19: A Silent Epidemic, Overshadowed

How public health laboratories can track and improve climate change effects

Wastewater tracking provides warning signs of local COVID-19 burden

Public Health Preparedness

Bridging the gap between clinical and public health

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

Informatics

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The Exposure Notifications System’s one-year anniversary:...

New Lab Matters: Securing public health data in the age of COVID-19

APHL enables public health reporting of Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 test results via the NAVICA app

Making Sense of the COVID-19 Data Story

Global Health

APHL's Sierra Leone team

Lab Culture Extra: Progress in Sierra Leone

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

Food Safety

Fruits and vegetables sitting on a kitchen counter.

Lab Culture Ep. 27: Discussing food safety with colleagues, but...

Five food safety tips to keep your family healthy

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

Lab Culture Ep. 4: Past, Present and Future of PulseNet

Workforce & Professional Development

Two APHL-CDC fellows working at a computer with a text overlay that says, "Find Your Fellowship."

APHL-CDC Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applicants for...

New Public Health Laboratory Workforce Pipeline Project Receives Historic and Much-Needed $282 Million Investment

Public Health Laboratories Can Play Important Health Equity Role

APHL: Historic Investments Will Strengthen Public Health Laboratory Workforce