Making Sense of the COVID-19 Data Story
by Rachel Shepherd, specialist, Informatics When COVID-19 cases began hitting the United States at a rapid rate in early 2020, public health was faced with…
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New Lab Matters: Public health laboratory leadership in the 21st century
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit public health laboratories everywhere with an unforgiving combination of intense demands, logistical challenges and heightened scrutiny from officials and the…
Iowa Parents’ Perspectives: Newborn screening truly saved their babies’ lives
by Sapna Kundra, MPH, writer The final and unquestionably the most impactful session of the APHL 2020 Newborn Screening Virtual Symposium featured four families sharing…
Opportunities to enhance newborn screening follow-up exist and improve outcomes
by Sapna Kundra, MPH, writer In laboratory newborn screening programs, the primary focus is on the test itself. What happens after the test is up to…
Strengthening the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel
by Sapna Kundra, MPH, writer The Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP) is a growing list of disorders that the Secretary of the US Department of…
The Evolving Landscape of Newborn Screening
While routine newborn screening has been a successful part of our nation’s public health system for over 55 years, newborn screening now has the promise…
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
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
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
By Melanie Padgett Powers, writer In 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, forcing public health…