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An APHL-CDC Fellow works under a hood in a laboratory as her supervisor looks on.

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

6 days ago

Quote testing remains an important tool in our toolbox. Robust public health laboratory testing, clinical laboratory testing and rapid testing are all critical to helping slow the pandemic. End quote

APHL: White House COVID-19 Action Plan is the right move at the right time

1 week ago

Cartoon drawing of microbes with silly faces.

Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month Art Contest: Unleash Your Creativity

2 weeks ago

Lab Matters Summer 2021

New Lab Matters: The true promise of metagenomics

2 weeks ago

Team members from the Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories pose wearing masks holding a sign that says "End Overdose."

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

3 weeks ago

Graphic for Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month showingFlat Labby wearing a cape.

Celebrate Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month 2021 with APHL

1 month ago

Scientist taking a sample from algae-covered body of water.

How public health laboratories can track and improve climate change effects

1 month ago

Three scientists work on wastewater testing in the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory.

Wastewater tracking provides warning signs of local COVID-19 burden

2 months 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.”

Pandemic regulatory challenges created public health laboratory collaborations

2 months 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.

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

2 months ago