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APHL and Partners Urge Emergency Funding to Bolster Novel Coronavirus Response

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michelle Forman, 240.485.2793 Silver Spring, MD — In a letter to the White House and Congress, the Association of Public Health Laboratories…

APHL: Engaging for change in emergency diagnostics

April 9, 2019

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The process for developing and deploying emergency diagnostics to laboratories nationwide will now be more efficient. A new entity, the Tri-Agency Task Force for Emergency…

Lab Culture Ep. 1: Critical Consequences

February 16, 2017

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Did you know that the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare) includes critical public health funding? What would the repeal of the ACA mean for…

FDA Proposes Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests: Is This Good for Public Health?

October 9, 2014

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By Celia Hagan, MPH, Senior Specialist, Public Policy, APHL It finally happened. After an extended silence and lack of significant action since their 2010 public…

MERS-CoV: Why We Are Not Panicking

May 15, 2014

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By Tyler Wolford, Specialist, Laboratory Response Network, Public Health Preparedness and Response Program; and Stephanie Chester, Senior Specialist, Influenza Program, Infectious Disease Program, APHL By now you have…

Days End; Unending Night?

March 18, 2014

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By Peter Kyriacopoulos, senior director of public policy The federal fiscal year 2014 appropriations process concluded on January 17, 2014, with enactment of the Consolidated…

What We’re Reading — Sequestration Edition

February 28, 2013

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By Peter Kyriacopoulos, Senior Director, Public Policy, APHL On sequester eve, I recommend the following recent articles for those who would like to know more…

Sequestration State by State

February 25, 2013

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By Peter Kyriacopoulos, Senior Director of Public Policy, APHL The White House has produced individual state fact sheets that provide some additional detail on the state-impact…

Remembering Senator Inouye: A Public Health Hero

December 18, 2012

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by Scott J. Becker, Executive Director, APHL At the beginning of my career, I was fortunate to work with some great health policy leaders from…

APHL Members Take to the Hill

March 21, 2012

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By Annie Carlin, Senior Specialist, Public Policy, APHL It’s March! Federal budget information is coming out fast and furiously. First we had the President’s Budget…