The pandemic caught the world off guard, even though public health laboratories had been sounding the alarm for decades. Many laboratories were not properly trained or staffed to respond to a surge event, and facilities were not available due to the lack of high-containment laboratory capacity. So how can public health laboratories ensure that their infrastructure will be ready for the next emergency?
Read about how some of our member laboratories are preparing in the feature article, The Next Pandemic: How Public Health Laboratories Are Improving Readiness and Response.
Also in this issue:
- Positioning APHL for the Future
- One Mentor’s Rationale for Hosting Fellows and Interns
- Correcting Fentanyl Misinformation
- Preparing for the Next Generation of Bioinformatics Leaders
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