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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

December 16, 2019

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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

May 29, 2018

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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?

May 17, 2018

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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?!

April 25, 2018

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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

September 15, 2017

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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

May 24, 2017

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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

February 8, 2017

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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…

PulseNet helps Washington public health solve largest Salmonella outbreak in recent history

January 6, 2017

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By Kim Krisberg In Washington state, it’s not entirely unusual for tiny clusters of foodborne illness to pop up throughout a given year. But in…

APHL’s top 10 blog posts of 2016

December 21, 2016

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There is never a dull year in public health, but 2016 seemed particularly eventful. From Zika to the twentieth anniversary of PulseNet, APHL’s top blog…