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Bringing COVID-19 exposure notification to the public health community

Starting in 2006 with the Public Health Laboratory Interoperability Project (PHLIP)—one of the first systems that allowed public health entities to exchange standardized data—APHL has…

Annual Meeting

APHL Celebrates the 2020 Award Winners

June 26, 2020

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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…

Lab Matters

New Lab Matters: Biosurveillance and the opioid epidemic

June 19, 2020

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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…

Notes From the President

Racial justice and public health

June 9, 2020

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Dear Colleagues, Like many of you, we have been profoundly moved by the events of the past week. People in communities across our country are…

General

Beyond COVID-19: How public health laboratories keep us safe every day

June 3, 2020

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by Jody DeVoll, advisor, Communications, APHL Public health laboratories have figured so prominently in media coverage of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing that one might assume that…

Media Statements

Antibody Testing Is Important in COVID-19 Response, But More Data Is Needed to Expand Its Role

May 7, 2020

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Silver Spring, MD, May 7, 2020 — With increasing interest in expanded serological testing as part of the nation’s COVID-19 testing strategy,…

Media Statements

APHL Applauds Revised FDA Policy on Serology Tests for COVID-19

May 4, 2020

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement by Scott Becker, CEO, Association of Public Health Laboratories Silver Spring, MD, May 4, 2020 — “The Food and Drug Administration…

Lab Matters

New Lab Matters now available: Unsustainable

May 4, 2020

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According to data published by the advocacy group Trust for America’s Health, there is a $4.5 billion gap between current funding levels and what is…

Media Statements

Nation’s Public Health Leaders Urge President Trump to use All Available Authorities to Quickly Produce Testing Supplies and Personal Protective Equipment

April 13, 2020

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A joint statement by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Association of Public Health Laboratories, National Association of County and City Health Officials,…

Media Statements

Coronavirus stimulus provides key investments in public health

March 27, 2020

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Silver Spring, MD, March 27, 2020 — The emergency aid package passed by Congress today makes key investments in public health, according…

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