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Pandemic regulatory challenges created public health laboratory collaborations

2 weeks ago

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.”

Journalists and public health workers are a vital team to educate communities

3 weeks ago

Screenshot of Michelle Forman (APHL), Anna Maria Barry-Jester (Kaiser Health News) and Katherine J. Wu (The Atlantic) speaking during a session at the virtual APHL 2021 Annual Conference.

Lab Culture Ep. 25: A Conversation with Dr. Rick Bright

3 weeks ago

Scott Becker, APHL CEO, and Dr. Rick Bright, Rockefeller Foundation's Senior Vice President of Pandemic Prevention and Response

The Washington Post Names APHL a 2021 Top Washington-Area Workplace

2 months ago

New Lab Matters: Building a culture of inclusion in public health laboratories

2 months ago

Lessons learned from setting up point-of-care COVID-19 test sites

2 months ago

APHL celebrates 2021 award winners

2 months ago

Public Health Laboratories Can Play Important Health Equity Role

3 months ago

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

Lab scientist performing test

APHL Announces Third Cohort of Newborn Screening Systems Quality...

Iowa Parents’ Perspectives: Newborn screening truly saved their babies’ lives

Opportunities to enhance newborn screening follow-up exist and improve outcomes

Strengthening the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel

Environmental Health

Dried blood spots used for lead testing

How has COVID-19 created challenges for pediatric lead testing?

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

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

Securing public health data in the age of COVID-19

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

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

COVID-19 exposure notifications expand among public health community

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

Public Policy

Quote that reads: "The historic American Rescue Package marks an essential investment to bolster our public health response and a commitment to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic."

APHL Cheers Key Public Health Investments in American Rescue Plan

APHL applauds Biden actions to bolster testing, public health response to pandemic

APHL, partners garner $550M for data modernization initiative

Coronavirus stimulus provides key investments in public health

Workforce & Professional Development

Public Health Laboratories Can Play Important Health Equity Role

APHL: Historic Investments Will Strengthen Public Health Laboratory Workforce

Lab Culture Ep. 24: In pursuit of diversity, equity and inclusion in the public health laboratory

What do virtual reality training opportunities bring to laboratory professionals?