South Carolina is investing in public health infrastructure designed not just to meet today’s needs, but to prepare for the next crisis. Brannon Traxler, deputy director of Health Promotion and Services and chief medical officer for the South Carolina Department of Public Health, and an ASTHO member, discusses the state’s new public health and environmental laboratory, built to replace an aging facility that struggled to handle the demands of COVID-19 testing and modern laboratory equipment. The new lab is one of a small number of CDC Laboratory Response Network Level 1 facilities capable of high-volume surge testing for chemical threats and other emergencies.
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