Detecting, Sequencing and Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 Virus Variants
By Melissa Schraeder, writer Sequencing viruses has many purposes, two of which are for surveillance of circulating strains and for analyzing clusters. During the first…
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APHL Welcomes Biden Administration’s Boost to COVID-19 Testing Strategy
For immediate release Statement from APHL CEO, Scott J. Becker Silver Spring, MD, March 17, 2021 – Today the US Department of Health and Human…
New Lab Matters: Securing public health data in the age of COVID-19
Public health laboratories have been collecting and distributing data for decades, focused on the best practice of accessing the minimum patient data necessary to do…
APHL enables public health reporting of Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 test results via the NAVICA app
For Immediate Release APHL enables public health reporting of Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 test results via the NAVICA app Silver Spring, Maryland, March 2, 2021 —…
Q&A with Dr. Ren Salerno, Director of the Division of Laboratory Systems at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reynolds “Ren” Salerno, PhD, is Director of the Division of Laboratory Systems at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A lot has happened since…
APHL applauds Biden actions to bolster testing, public health response to pandemic
For Immediate Release Silver Spring, Maryland, January 21, 2021 — The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) welcomed actions taken today by President Joe Biden…
APHL issues recommendations to improve pandemic testing strategy
For Immediate Release Silver Spring, Maryland, January 15, 2021 — Today the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) issued recommendations to improve testing for the…
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…
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…
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…