Chemical Exposure Study in NY is Innovative and Promising
Each year, about 250,000 babies are born in New York. Shortly after each birth, hospital staff pricks the baby’s heel, capturing and drying several drops…
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Dylan Coleman Has a Story to Warm Your Heart
by Nancy Maddox Dylan Coleman, a vivacious one-year-old, is super smiley and loves to be held. “He’s got a ridiculous amount of hair,” says his…
The Problem with Clap in the Yap — A Valentines Day Post
By anonymous, NAAT-savvy laboratory scientist Valentine’s Day is typically a time to express heartfelt wishes to loved ones and close friends. The preceding days are…
Sochi? So What? Public and Environmental Health at the Winter Olympics
By Michael Heintz, MS, JD, senior specialist, environmental laboratories, APHL Hi. I’m Michael and I admit it: I’m a Winter Olympics fanatic. From learning new…
Life After the Military: Consider a Career in Public Health
By A. Christian Whelen, PhD, D(ABMM), State Laboratories Director, Hawaii Department of Health Aloha from the fiftieth state. Almost eight years ago, I hung up my uniform and joined…
Public Health Laboratory Internship: Keeping an Eye Out for Drug-Resistant Influenza
By Nikeshan Jeyakumar, PHASE Intern, Laboratories Division of Virology and Immunology, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Public health as a discipline derives its…
USAMRIID: Biodefense from the Cold War to Present Day
By Chris Chadwick, Specialist, Public Health Preparedness and Response, Tyler Wolford, Specialist, LRN, and Kara MacKeil, Associate Specialist, Public Health Preparedness and Response Many of…
APHL’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2013
APHL had an exciting year! Here are the ten blog posts that attracted the most readers this year. As you’ll see, there’s a big focus…
Are Girls Being Nipped in the STEM?
By Rohini G. Sandesara, APHL/CDC Training Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCEZID, DVBD, Dengue Branch, Molecular Diagnostics and Research Laboratory On October 1,…
Despite Congenital Hypothyroidism, Madeleine’s Life is Magna Cum Laude
Baby Madeleine was born in Massachusetts in 1991 – the second child in her family. When her parents got a call that her newborn screening…