New Lab Matters: The new world order of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the largest defining events of 2020 for public health. A hyperfocus on testing has thrust public health laboratories…
food safety
Five food safety tips to keep your family healthy
By Kirsten Larson, manager, Food Safety, APHL, and Robyn Randolph, senior specialist, Food Laboratory Accreditation, APHL In this time of COVID-19, the ways in which…
Beyond COVID-19: How public health laboratories keep us safe every day
by Jody DeVoll, advisor, Communications, APHL Public health laboratories have figured so prominently in media coverage of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing that one might assume that…
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…
New Lab Matters: When the water comes, be prepared
According to a study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the volume of rainfall from storms will rise by as much as 80% in…
Lab Culture Ep. 11: What if there were no public health labs?
Maybe the saying is true: you don’t know what you had until it is gone. For the families in this episode, the absence of public…
Lab Culture Ep. 10: Public health labs do that?!
Public health laboratories do a great deal of work that impacts the daily lives of everyone in America. Do you know exactly how much they’re…
Hurricane preparation and response resource list
Updated September 15, 2017 In the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma, public health laboratories in affected regions will be busy testing for potential environmental…
Lab Culture Ep. 4: Past, Present and Future of PulseNet
PulseNet revolutionized foodborne outbreak detection in the United States. What exactly is it? How did it get started? Why was it so significant? And what…
PulseNet key to solving 2010 E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce
by Kim Krisberg On April 22, 2010, federal public health officials notified the New York State Department of Health of two E. coli clusters at…