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National Public Health Week — APHL Honors Public Health Laboratories

April 8, 2010

By Mary Shaffran, Senior Director, Public Health Programs, APHL Along with our partners, the public health laboratories are working to keep communities healthy. Laboratorians work…

Public Health Preparedness Summit: Huge Success

March 9, 2010

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Last month’s Public Health Preparedness Summit in Atlanta was a huge success. The Summit welcomed over 1,800 attendees and continues to provide a unique forum…

Safety First

February 19, 2010

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By Sikha Singh, specialist, Laboratory Response NetworkLast month I had the privilege of observing the Emory University Southeast Regional Center of Excellence for Emerging Infections…

APHL Working to Ensure Power for Laboratory Services in Haiti

February 16, 2010

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When the electrical grid comes back on-line in Haiti, the country’s laboratory system will be able to ramp up services quickly thanks to measures put…

TFAH Report Highlights Gaps in Laboratory Preparedness

February 8, 2010

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Several priority APHL messages are highlighted anew in a recent Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) report, Ready or Not? 2009. Among other things, this assessment…

First Day Back in Haiti: Notes from January 22, 2010

January 26, 2010

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By David Doherty, APHL ConsultantJust had an aftershock as I was beginning to type this message. Here is a very brief synopsis of the site…

Why Don’t They Get It?

January 13, 2010

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After having published a Lab Matters article about CDC’s “remarkable feat” in rolling out novel Influenza A H1N1 rapid test kits within three weeks of…

Cross-Border Influenza Preparedness

September 3, 2009

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by Chris Mangal, director of emergency preparedness and responseOn August 31-September 1, 2009, in Winnipeg, Canada, APHL's leadership and infectious disease, preparedness and global health…

Firearms, Explosives and Bullets — Oh My!: Public Health Partnerships with the FBI

August 20, 2009

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by Anthony Barkey, specialist, emergency preparedness and responseTo quote Moe Sullivan: “Early on, working with the FBI was a different experience, but it doesn’t hit…