Riley and Teagan, Sisters Living With Cystic Fibrosis
By Nancy Maddox, writer Sara Rose Barth affectionately refers to her two young daughters—Riley, age 6, and Teagan, almost 4—as mini mes. “Riley is exactly…
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Public Health Preparedness in the Age of Social Media
This month is National Preparedness Month. Follow APHL on our blog, Twitter and Facebook for preparedness information and discussions all month! _______________ By Kara MacKeil,…
Dogs Ease Work Stress and Great Lab Continuing Education Does Too
By Beaker, Your Lab Training Partner I don’t know if you remember me, but I’m Beaker, APHL’s unofficial mascot for its laboratory training program. You…
What We’re Reading – Cyclospora Edition
By Jessica Monmaney, Associate Specialist, Food Safety and Infectious Diseases, APHL Cyclosporiasis, the infection of Cyclospora, is rare in the U.S., so when the Iowa Department…
Despite Galactosemia, Ella Grace is a Healthy Baby Girl
By Marie Stanton, Ella’s mom I went in for my scheduled C-section on June 6, 2012. We had a beautiful little girl – 9lbs 13oz…
A Glimpse into the Future: My First Trip to a State Public Health Laboratory
By Tyler Wolford, MS, Specialist, Laboratory Response Network, APHL What do you envision when you hear the words public health laboratory? Perhaps you see an…
Big Changes for the District of Columbia Public Health Laboratory
By Kara MacKeil, associate specialist, Public Health Preparedness and Response, APHL According to recent census estimates, Washington DC has a population of 632,323 people. On…
Shifting my perspective: Why I love working for the public health lab
By Royden Saah, North Carolina Public Health Laboratory Bioterrorism Coordinator It was the summer of 2001. I had defended my master’s thesis in microbiology about…
Two Siblings Born With Isovaleric Acidemia: One Caught by Newborn Screening, One Wasn’t
By Jana Monaco, Newborn Screening Parent Advocate With spring in the air, the temperatures are climbing, the famous cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom and…
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…