Category - Public Health Preparedness & Response

A presentation slide showing the location of the 2022 Sudan ebolavirus outbreak. The speaker is shown to the right.

Ebola detection and testing rapidly expands in Uganda and US

May 24, 2023

Photo of Rana Rahmat, APHL staff person, standing in front of the David Axelrod Institute of the New York State Wadsworth Center.

Visit to New York’s Wadsworth Center reignites APHL staffer’s passion for lab science

April 3, 2023

From left to right: Jill Power, Christina Egan, Carrie Anglewicz and Andrew Cannons

Lab Culture ep. 31: Past, Present and Future of Biosafety

October 31, 2022

Photo of three individuals wearing yellow personal protective equipment (PPE).

Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) funding program marks 20 years

September 21, 2022

Scientist working in a laboratory.

Lab Culture ep. 29: What’s next for the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) response to mpox?

July 7, 2022

Quote that says: “We remain confident that the LRN as a system is prepared for the current monkeypox outbreak in the US and is responding effectively. We also understand that we need to be prepared should the outbreak grow in intensity and support a phased expansion of testing to address the need.”

APHL supports public health response to monkeypox, phased expansion of testing

June 10, 2022

Bridging the gap between clinical and public health

October 12, 2020

How Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands rebuilt public health after catastrophic hurricanes

October 5, 2020

COVID-19 samples are processed

COVID-19 and biosafety: Perspectives and lessons learned from a public health laboratory

September 22, 2020

Erik Riesdorf of Wisconsin prepares specimens for testing in the laboratory

The importance of sustained federal funding for public health

July 30, 2020