The track to becoming a public health laboratory director
By Michelle Landes, Ph.D., APHL/CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Laboratory Research Fellow at the Tennessee Department of Health As a recent graduate of a microbiology doctoral…
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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…
Presenting APHL’s New Animated Video!
What is a public health laboratory? Hopefully this will help answer that question. If you cannot see the video below, click here. Thanks to Digital…
Bio-Buzz Words and CDC’s Select Agents Program
By Christopher Chadwick, MS, Specialist, Public Health Preparedness and Response, APHL In the bio world, scientists throw around several words that tend to confuse people:…
Nothing New: Sequestration Poses Serious Risk to Public Health
By Peter Kyriacopoulos, Senior Director of Public Policy, APHL Congress' frustration over its inability to effectively manage federal spending and the impact of that spending…
What We’re Reading — A Month of Blog Posts
As you probably know, this month has been both National Preparedness Month and Newborn Screening Awareness Month. And as you may have noticed, our blog…
Breathing a Sigh of Relief Thanks to Newborn Screening
By Elizabeth Jones, MPH, Specialist, Newborn Screening and Genetics, APHL Nothing quite prepared me for being a new parent. I can sum up the first two…
Raising Baby Caroline: Life With PKU
By Michelle Forman, Senior Media Specialist, APHL Amy and Steve were very excited about their first child. She had a healthy pregnancy and every ultrasound…
National Preparedness Month and Serendipity
By Jim Garrow, Guest Blogger Jim is the Operations and Logistics Manager for the Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Program at the Philadelphia Department of…
System Built for Responding to Bioterrorism Confirms Plague in Colorado Girl
By Larry Sater, MS BT/CT Coordinator, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Laboratory Services Division When the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) was established in…