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Jan 02, 2024 | Anu Varma
APHL updated its guidance on the Suggested Reporting Language for Syphilis Serological Testing to help health professionals better...
Oct 28, 2020 | Shalesha Majors
Late-breaker abstract submissions the Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM) Conference for epidemiology,...
Jan 02, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
On May 13, 2019, the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors hosted a webinar, Advances in HIV and HCV Testing to...
May 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) received a letter from CDC’s Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch (EDLB)...
Jan 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
To help health departments address challenges related to mumps, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in close...
Oct 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Exposure to toxins produced by certain algal species are an ecological, public and animal health concern. Harmful algal blooms (HABs)...
Aug 29, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers...
Aug 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) released two new videos on biomonitoring and environmental health testing: What...
Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
APHL updated its guidance on the Suggested Reporting Language for Syphilis Serological Testing to help health professionals better interpret syphilis testing algorithms.
Late-breaker abstract submissions the Integrated Foodborne Outbreak Response and Management (InFORM) Conference for epidemiology, laboratory, environmental health, and communication will be accepted starting Thursday, January 2, 2020 through Friday, January 24, 2020. Learn more and submit an abstract. Late-Breaker Abstract Requirements Submit proposals for posters or single-talks. Abstracts...
On May 13, 2019, the National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors hosted a webinar, Advances in HIV and HCV Testing to Strengthen Testing and Linkage Programs, which highlighted health department strategies to improve the productivity and yield of HIV and HCV testing and linkage programs. This webinar featured Monica Parker from New York […]
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) received a letter from CDC’s Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch (EDLB) regarding the following updates and modifications to the timeline for implementation of whole genome sequencing (WGS) for PulseNet. Updates: As of January 3, 2019, up to 24 laboratories have either started the process or have finished the BioNumerics […]
To help health departments address challenges related to mumps, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in close collaboration with state and local health departments and national mumps experts, has developed new mumps outbreak response guidance and resources: Guidance on use of a third dose of MMR vaccine during mumps outbreaks, when implementing the […]
Exposure to toxins produced by certain algal species are an ecological, public and animal health concern. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are an increase in the mass and volume of algal cells that could occur seasonally in both freshwater and marine systems This guide from the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) provides resources for environmental […]
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is assisting the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in planning a series of PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings...
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) released two new videos on biomonitoring and environmental health testing: What is biomonitoring? Biomonitoring is the process of testing people for chemicals in their body to determine how exposure might impact their health. But what exactly does that mean? How are public health and environmental health laboratories involved? […]
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