Variability in states’ testing numbers: It’s not that simple
By Gynene Sullivan, manager, communications, APHL Throughout the COVID-19 response, there has been a lot of discussion about the fact that laboratory testing numbers across…
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Lab Culture Ep. 12: Bitten by the public health bug — How I found my lab niche
The people who work in public health laboratories make a difference in your community daily. In this third episode, members of the Emerging Leader Program…
September 30, 2014: As Ebola Arrived, the Texas Public Health Lab was Ready
This post was originally written for From The Lab Bench on October 2, 2014. ________ By Michelle M. Forman, senior media specialist, APHL The world…
From The Lorax to the Laboratory
by Vanessa Burrowes, APHL-CDC Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory Fellow, North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health When I was a kid, I was pretty curious…
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…
Enterovirus D68 Testing, Surveillance and Prevention: What We’re Telling Our Friends
By Laura Iwig, MPH, Senior Specialist, Infectious Disease Program, Stephanie Chester, MS, Influenza Program and Kelly Wroblewski, MPH, MT (ASCP), Infectious Disease Program, APHL Fall…
MERS-CoV: Why We Are Not Panicking
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…
Testing for MERS-CoV: The Indiana Lab’s Story
By Lixia Liu, Deputy Director, Indiana State Department of Health Laboratories Stephanie Dearth is a cheerful young supervisor with blond hair and black-framed eye glasses. …
Public Health Laboratory Internship: Keeping an Eye Out for Drug-Resistant Influenza
By Nikeshan Jeyakumar, PHASE Intern, Laboratories Division of Virology and Immunology, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Public health as a discipline derives its…
Would You Recommend the Laboratory Profession to a Young Person?
By Linette Granen, Director of Membership & Marketing, APHL This was a question recently posted to one of my LinkedIn groups’ discussion boards, and I realized…
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