“Next Generation” is the theme for the State Hygienic Laboratory’s Fiscal Year 2014 annual report, recently published online and in hard copy.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on April 19 that it selected the Hygienic Laboratory and four other state public health laboratories to evaluate a new instrument planned for use in the CDC’s influenza real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) clinical test. Real-time PCR is a fast and sensitive method of molecular detection of pathogens, such as influenza virus.

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More Iowans will learn about the many roles the State Hygienic Laboratory performs in safeguarding their health, as the University of Iowa Mobile Museum makes its way across the state.

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Cases of a high pathogenic strain of avian influenza (H5N2) have been identified in poultry flocks in 11 Iowa counties, in the northwest part of the state and in central Iowa’s Madison County. As of May 8, 37 cases were confirmed. According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture, 21 million birds in Iowa flocks are affected by the outbreak.

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How well is Iowa’s public health system working, and where can improvements be made? Sixty people who represent agencies within the Midwest’s public health system met on April 8 at the Hygienic Laboratory to consider this.

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On April 2, the Hygienic Laboratory saluted staff for their years of service and for the performance awards that they received within the last year. Lab Link tips its hat to these distinguished members of the Hygienic Lab family.

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