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…
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What do virtual reality training opportunities bring to laboratory professionals?
By Melanie Padgett Powers, writer Virtual reality offers an interactive, safe, useful and fun way for public health laboratory professionals to learn and evaluate new…
The importance of sustained federal funding for public health
By Stephanie Barahona, associate specialist, Public Health Preparedness and Response, APHL and Sam Abrams, specialist, Public Health Preparedness and Response, APHL As hospitals across the…
Lab Culture Ep. 21: 2019 Year in Review
Are we already at the end of 2019?! While to many of us it felt like the year flew by, APHL staff, members and partners…
CDC findings mark a breakthrough in investigation of lung injury associated with vaping
Statement from Scott J. Becker, executive director, Association of Public Health Laboratories Silver Spring, MD, November 8, 2019 — “Test results announced today by the…
Supporting rapid exchange of public health data is urgent, crucial and laden with challenges
By Jody DeVoll, advisor, communications, APHL In an era when digital communications move at blazing speeds, public health laboratories still have to resort to fax,…
Public health laboratory response capability advanced through – and in spite of – the Zika outbreak
When a health threat like the Zika virus disappears from the headlines, public health systems may appear to have halted their work. In fact, their…
Enhancing detection of newborn screening conditions via data analytics
For over 50 years, newborn screening programs across the United States have implemented laboratory screening and follow-up programs to detect and report infants at high…
Are antibiotics making printers great…again?
By Eric Ransom, APHL-CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Fellow Let’s be honest: printers have never been that great. These frustrating devices turn what should be a simple…
The LRN’s job is to prepare, detect and respond. But what exactly does that mean?
As one of the nation’s emergency response systems, the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) is known for detecting and responding to all types of health threats.…