Reporting from the Exhibit Hall: Day 2 of the APHL Annual Meeting
A huge component of any APHL Annual Meeting is the exhibit hall. This year we were joined by 68 exhibitors, all of whom were sharing…
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Newborn Screening: This Tiny Test is a Big Job That’s Always Improving
By Scott J. Becker, executive director, APHL Newborn screening saves or improves lives – 12,000 each year, to be specific. Every year over four million…
Biomonitoring and the Public Health Laboratory: Everything You Want to Know
Simply stated, biomonitoring allows public health practitioners to understand whether environmental contaminants are being absorbed into people’s bodies. Given improvements in technology; the capabilities and…
An Outdoor Enthusiast Finds a Career in Environmental Health
April 20-26 is Laboratory Professionals Week! This year APHL is focusing on environmental health and the laboratorians who work to detect the presence of contaminants in both people…
Life After the Military: Consider a Career in Public Health
By A. Christian Whelen, PhD, D(ABMM), State Laboratories Director, Hawaii Department of Health Aloha from the fiftieth state. Almost eight years ago, I hung up my uniform and joined…
A Look Back at the New Hampshire Hepatitis C Outbreak
By Celia Hagan, Manager, HIV, Hepatitis, STD, TB Programs, APHL People often associate hepatitis with intravenous drug use or getting tattoos or piercings at dirty…
The Newest SuperBug: CRE
By Laura Iwig, Senior Specialist, Infectious Disease Program, APHL What is this new antibiotic-resistant superbug that is flooding the news streams these days? Nightmare bacteria? …
Anthrax in Minnesota? The Laboratory Response Network Springs Into Action
By Kara MacKeil, Associate Specialist, Public Health Preparedness and Response, APHL Picture a small rural hospital in northern Minnesota. A man walks into the emergency…
Laboratory Response Network: Texas Style
By Kara MacKeil, Associate Specialist, Public Health Preparedness and Response, APHL When was the last time you went on an evening hayride at a meeting,…
Not Even Sandy Could Stop Newborn Screening in New Jersey
By Scott Shone, Program Manager, Newborn Screening Laboratory, New Jersey Department of Health This storm was one of the most intense experiences I have faced. The…