Public Health

 

November 2018 - Public Health Laboratories (PHLs)

• Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) form a backbone of a national laboratory reporting network on alert 24/7 to respond to novel strains of disease, natural disasters, chemical spills, foodborne outbreaks and other health emergencies.
• PHLs use a One Health approach by providing diagnostic testing across the spheres of human, animal and environmental health.
• The State of Montana PHLs recently celebrated 100 years of service to Montana, learn more about the role of Montana’s clinical and environmental laboratories.

  

April 2016 - What is Public Health

• Public Health improves our quality of life without most of us knowing what it is or what it does.
• Since 1900, the average lifespan of persons in the United States has lengthened by greater than 30 years; 25 years of this gain are attributable to advances in public health.
• Dr. Maurice Ralph Hilleman, a native Montanan from Miles City and Montana State University graduate, is one public health practitioner who is attributed with saving millions of lives .