newborn screening Archives

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…

Maximizing next-generation sequencing in newborn screening through bioinformatics

May 1, 2020

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by Samantha Marcellus, MPH, APHL-CDC Newborn Screening Bioinformatics Fellow We live in the era of rapid access to near limitless information, over-the-counter DNA testing, and…

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: Making data fly

December 10, 2019

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In today’s technology-connected world, information moves quickly. But in the world of public health, pathogens often travel faster than the data needed to diagnose, treat…

APHL’s newborn screening program goes global

November 18, 2019

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Outside of the US and other resource-rich nations, few countries have the capital, infrastructure and human resources required to sustain a newborn screening program. Despite…

APHL Newborn Screening Systems Quality Improvement Projects Award Recipients Announced

October 15, 2019

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The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Newborn Screening Systems Quality Improvement Projects awards. Funded through a…

New Lab Matters: The promise and challenge of newborn screening in 2019

June 18, 2019

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Newborn screening is a public health success story, ongoing for 56 years. On the one hand, new treatment and laboratory testing options open up the…

Congratulations to 2019 APHL newborn screening award winners

April 23, 2019

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At the 2019 Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium in early April, APHL presented awards to leaders in the field of newborn screening. We commend…

Enhancing detection of newborn screening conditions via data analytics

April 9, 2019

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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…

Lab Culture: Introducing PKU Life Podcast with Kevin Alexander

December 3, 2018

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Fifty-five years ago, newborn screening was born. At the time, though, that little heel prick was performed to screen for only one condition: phenylketonuria (PKU).…