Advocacy Priorities

APHL annually identifies federal policy measures needed to improve the operations of laboratories involved with public health testing, and presents its recommendations as public health activity priorities.

• Biosafety and Biosecurity 
• Environmental Health
• Environmental Health Laboratories
• Food Safety
• Global Health
• Infectious Diseases
• Newborn Screening
• Public Health Preparedness

Stories from the Field

• Healthier Communities: The National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
• September 30, 2014: As Ebola Arrived, The Texas Public Health Lab Was Ready
• Modernizing Influenza Surveillance
• Advanced Molecular Detection Critical to Halting Legionella Outbreak in New York City