Federal Public Health Programs and Employees are Essential Despite Label
By Scott J. Becker, executive director, APHL It is day two of the federal government shutdown. Every day, before I leave for work, I walk…
Public Policy
The End of Sequestration: Not as Great as it Sounds
By Peter Kyriacopoulos, Senior Director, Public Policy, APHL Sequestration – or the “automatic cuts” in federal funding – is dead. Long live sequestration! We will no longer…
What We’re Reading — Sequestration Edition
By Peter Kyriacopoulos, Senior Director, Public Policy, APHL On sequester eve, I recommend the following recent articles for those who would like to know more…
Sequestration State by State
By Peter Kyriacopoulos, Senior Director of Public Policy, APHL The White House has produced individual state fact sheets that provide some additional detail on the state-impact…
APHL Staff Attend Presidential Address on Automatic Spending Cuts
By Peter Kyriacopoulos, Senior Director of Public Policy, APHL APHL’s executive director, Scott Becker, and senior director of public policy, Peter Kyriacopoulos, attended this morning’s…
Remembering Senator Inouye: A Public Health Hero
by Scott J. Becker, Executive Director, APHL At the beginning of my career, I was fortunate to work with some great health policy leaders from…
Nothing New: Sequestration Poses Serious Risk to Public Health
By Peter Kyriacopoulos, Senior Director of Public Policy, APHL Congress' frustration over its inability to effectively manage federal spending and the impact of that spending…
One World. One Health… and the Vector at Our Back Door
You don’t have to explain to public health laboratorians that the health of humans, animals and the environment are inextricably linked. HIV/AIDS, SARS, 2009 H1N1,…
APHL Members Take to the Hill
By Annie Carlin, Senior Specialist, Public Policy, APHL It’s March! Federal budget information is coming out fast and furiously. First we had the President’s Budget…
Hinton State Laboratory Institute: Advocating for Crucial Public Health Funding
(Thank you to Senator Donnelly for his ongoing support of the Massachusetts state public health lab and for writing this thoughtful blog post.) By Massachusetts…