The secret (and amazing) world of public health laboratories
by Kim Krisberg Walking around a public health laboratory is seriously cool. Giant humming machines, rows of test tubes and small, round dishes containing specimens with hard-to-pronounce names,...
View ArticlePublic health preparedness in a time of budget cuts
Last week, the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Administration held a hearing on the National Preparedness Report released...
View ArticleNewborn screening: One of public health’s greatest achievements celebrates 50...
by Kim Krisberg On Feb. 13, 2012, Honey Stecken gave birth to her daughter Maren. Everything appeared perfectly fine — she ate and slept and did all the things a baby does. Even after a couple weeks at...
View ArticlePublic health labs and the Ebola response: ‘This is the type of work they do...
Months before the first case of Ebola was diagnosed in Texas, the state’s public health laboratory had begun preparing for the disease to reach U.S. shores. And while the virus itself is an uncommon...
View ArticleState, local public health lose critical funding because Congress fails to...
“In my darker hours when I’m sleeping at night, that’s where I go.” Those are words from Eric Blank, senior director for public health systems at the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL),...
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