Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)

Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) A healthier world through quality laboratory systems. http://www.APHL.org APHL represents state and local governmental health laboratories in the United States.

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) works to strengthen laboratory systems serving the public’s health in the United States and globally. Its members, known as “public health labo​ra​tories,” monitor, detect and respond to health threats.

06/12/2026

Our APHL history series continues. The years 1999 to 2008 were a pivotal decade for public health laboratories. From establishing the Laboratory Response Network in 1999 to helping the US Postal Service test facilities for anthrax contamination in 2001, expanding global health work, and partnering with CDC to launch AIMS, APHL and its members were building the infrastructure that protects communities to this day.

Watch the second video in our series!

APHL and public health laboratory representatives will be available to discuss our Career Pathways in Public Health Labo...
06/11/2026

APHL and public health laboratory representatives will be available to discuss our Career Pathways in Public Health Laboratory Science program and share insights into laboratory career opportunities.

Join us! Full event information and registrations can be found at https://buff.ly/Lb8a75H

To learn more about our Career Pathways in Public Health Laboratory Science program, visit https://buff.ly/WRj8tRc

There’s a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, which the World Health Organization h...
06/10/2026

There’s a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, which the World Health Organization has classified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This particular outbreak is tied to the Bundibugyo stain of the virus, for which there is no vaccine and carries a 30% mortality rate. Since early May when the outbreak began, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says roughly 600 cases and more than 100 deaths have been confirmed, and the numbers continue to climb.

What does the surveillance and detection of Ebola look like? How is the virus contained? What prevents an outbreak in Africa or elsewhere from reaching our shores?

In our latest Lab Culture News article, we highlight three APHL stories that address these topics and the critical role public health laboratories play: https://buff.ly/dTCoEH2

ICYMI: 75 years ago, smog blanketed cities, synthetic chemicals filled homes, and manufacturing waste flowed freely into...
06/09/2026

ICYMI: 75 years ago, smog blanketed cities, synthetic chemicals filled homes, and manufacturing waste flowed freely into rivers. How did America respond and what role did environmental testing play in cleaning it up?

A session at the 2026 APHL Annual Conference explored the history, and our latest Lab Culture News article has the full story: https://buff.ly/aY35qdl

In Case You Missed It: 16 public health laboratorians from around the US recently gathered at the State Hygienic Laborat...
06/08/2026

In Case You Missed It: 16 public health laboratorians from around the US recently gathered at the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa for an APHL workshop, learning clinical molecular testing methods for the disease. As Legionnaires' disease continues to rise, expanding the capability of public health laboratories to diagnose and respond to outbreaks is more critical than ever.

This , we're reflecting on 30 years of a network that has quietly made your food safer: PulseNet.Launched in 1996 and d...
06/07/2026

This , we're reflecting on 30 years of a network that has quietly made your food safer: PulseNet.

Launched in 1996 and developed in partnership with APHL and CDC, PulseNet uses whole genome sequencing to analyze the DNA fingerprints of foodborne pathogens and link cases across the country. In three decades, the network has helped prevent an estimated 270,000 illnesses and contributed to the recall of more than 1 billion pounds of contaminated food. Investigations that once took weeks can now be resolved in days. That speed saves lives.

Read how PulseNet works and the impact it has made over 30 years: https://buff.ly/PzUGX3g

June 7, 2026, is ! This year’s theme is “From burden to solutions- safe food everywhere”. Read our feature article in t...
06/07/2026

June 7, 2026, is ! This year’s theme is “From burden to solutions- safe food everywhere”.

Read our feature article in the spring edition of Lab Matters Magazine to learn how public health laboratories play an increasingly critical role in protecting food safety and help detect foodborne threats to US consumers and stop outbreaks before they start. Quality, Safety, Traceability: Protecting the Food Supply for US Consumers: https://buff.ly/yf4cMYY

More information about World Food Safety Day and how you participate can be found here:
WHO- https://buff.ly/UOfKJUw
FAO- https://buff.ly/DZeQhci
FDA- https://buff.ly/Hpe7Af3

06/05/2026

In recognition of (June 7), join NACCHO, Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), and National Environmental Health Association for a webinar featuring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Megin Nichols to explore key updates to FoodNet and the new Bacteria, Enterics, Ameba, and Mycotics (BEAM) platform, both central to modernizing foodborne disease data systems. Tomorrow, learn how these changes will improve outbreak detection, strengthen decision-making, and enhance public health response. Register today: https://neha.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WOzKXnr7RLyfiWBTUA02JA #/registration

ICYMI: Six African nations—with funding from the Global Fund and support from APHL and in-country Ministries of Health—r...
06/04/2026

ICYMI: Six African nations—with funding from the Global Fund and support from APHL and in-country Ministries of Health—recently completed a wastewater-based surveillance (WWBS) pilot program. While WWBS has existed for decades—most notably for polio surveillance and most recently for COVID-19—it’s proving to have broader applications, providing near real-time, actionable data to inform public health responses.

But continued funding will be important.

“In an era of declining global health funding, surveillance systems are often among the first to be deprioritized, despite their critical role in prevention,” said APHL’s Noah Hull, PhD, senior manager, Global Health. “Continued donor investment will be essential to maintain and expand these systems. In a connected world, risks do not remain isolated—we cannot keep our side of the boat afloat if the other side is taking on water. Global health is public health.”

Read more about the program and the impacts it has had in our latest Lab Culture News article:https://buff.ly/Xikiv8L

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