Environmental Health
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New Lab Matters: Biosurveillance and the opioid epidemic
The opioid crisis remains a public health emergency in the United States, with more than 67,000 drug overdose deaths in 2018. Forensic and crime laboratories…
- APHL EVALI response spurred by strong communication
- CDC findings mark a breakthrough in investigation of lung injury associated with vaping
- Lab Culture Ep. 20: 20 Years of the Laboratory Response Network
Food Safety
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In Puerto Rico, a new molecular bacteriology lab allows better control of foodborne outbreaks
Sometimes a new facility is more than just four walls and a roof. In Puerto Rico, it was the springboard to improving foodborne outbreak response…
- Lab Culture Ep. 4: Past, Present and Future of PulseNet
- PulseNet key to solving 2010 E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce
- PulseNet helps Washington public health solve largest Salmonella outbreak in recent history
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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The Story Collider Presents: APHL – call for story pitches
Sadly, in its inaugural year, APHL’s ID Lab Con had to be canceled. Well, most of it… APHL planned an exciting after hours event with…
- New Lab Matters: Biosurveillance and the opioid epidemic
- Racial justice and public health
- Beyond COVID-19: How public health laboratories keep us safe every day
Informatics
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Moving data at the speed of a virus
by Rachel Shepherd, specialist, Informatics, APHL The public health system serves as the backbone to our nation’s health and safety; there is nothing more collectively…
- APHL, partners garner $550M for data modernization initiative
- APHL and partners: COVID aid package provides much needed funding for data modernization
- Supporting rapid exchange of public health data is urgent, crucial and laden with challenges
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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Coronavirus stimulus provides key investments in public health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Silver Spring, MD, March 27, 2020 — The emergency aid package passed by Congress today makes key investments in public health, according…
- APHL CEO to his kids: We will get through this. Now go wash your hands.
- Responding to the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) emerging in Wuhan, China
- In Puerto Rico, a new molecular bacteriology lab allows better control of foodborne outbreaks
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. 21: 2019 Year in Review
Are we already at the end of 2019?! While to many of us it felt like the year flew by, APHL staff, members and partners…
- Lab Culture Ep. 20: 20 Years of the Laboratory Response Network
- Lab Culture Extra: Progress in Sierra Leone
- Lab Culture Ep. 19: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha- Storytelling and the Flint Water Crisis
General
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APHL Celebrates the 2020 Award Winners
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is pleased to announce the winners of its annual awards for outstanding achievements in laboratory science, creative approaches…
- New Lab Matters: Biosurveillance and the opioid epidemic
- Racial justice and public health
- Beyond COVID-19: How public health laboratories keep us safe every day
Workforce & Professional Development
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Lab Culture Ep. 17: Exploring bioinformatics: From fellow to full time in Virginia
Kevin Libuit went from the APHL-CDC Bioinformatics Fellowship to a contractor to working full-time as a bioinformatician at the Virginia state lab (VA Division of…
- 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?
- How my fellowship and an interest in oysters took me to France
Antibody Testing Is Important in COVID-19 Response, But More Data Is Needed to Expand Its Role 
APHL Applauds Revised FDA Policy on Serology Tests for COVID-19