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The Wadsworth Center’s Division of Infectious Disease was prominently represented at the 9th European Study Group for Legionella Infections (ESGLI) Meeting, held in Palermo, Italy, from November 12-14, 2025. Danielle Wroblewski, a scientist in the…

The Advanced Genomics Technology Cluster (AGTC) Core at the Wadsworth Center is continuing to expand its automation capabilities to support both research and clinical sequencing workflows. As part of this effort, hands-on, advanced technical…

The Wadsworth Center’s tuberculosis (TB) testing program for Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the leading diagnostic programs in the United States and is internationally recognized for its scientific excellence and public health impact. Senior…

For more than 25 years, the Environmental Proficiency Test and Validation Unit (EPTAVU), of the Wadsworth Center’s Division of Environmental Health Sciences (DEHS), produced a comprehensive suite of environmental proficiency testing (PT) samples for…

Dr. Janice Pata, Director of the Wadsworth Center’s Division of Scientific Cores, delivered a virtual seminar to the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis on December 9, 2025.…

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has recognized the GUARDIAN study as one of the nine most impactful, newsworthy, or novel research studies published in the past year. This distinction places GUARDIAN among JAMA’s annual “…

Pediatric HCV RNA TestingThe Bloodborne Viruses Laboratory provides pediatric HCV RNA testing to detect HCV infection in infants who are born to people with active HCV infections.  Antibody-based tests cannot be used because maternal HCV…

Scientists from the Wadsworth Center’s Division of Environmental Health Sciences (DEHS) coauthored a new study published in Nature Communications that sheds light on how plastic-associated endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may contribute to…

A manuscript coauthored by scientists from the New York State Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center and Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and epidemiologists…

Proposed regulations to amend Subpart 58-1 and the addition of Subpart 58-6 to replace Part 19 are available for public comment at https://regs.health.ny.gov/regulations/proposed-rule-making.  Please send any comments regarding these…

Dr. Siân Owen, Principal Investigator in the Wadsworth Center’s Division of Genetics, delivered the keynote address at the 2nd Annual Buffalo Phage Meeting on December 11, 2025, at the University at Buffalo. The meeting brought together researchers…

Dr. Patrick Parsons, Director of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences (DEHS) and Chief of the Laboratory of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry at the Wadsworth Center, delivered an invited lecture at the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) on…

A new research publication coauthored by the Wadsworth Center’s Division of Environmental Health Sciences highlights a link between secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure and sleep disturbances in children. SHS remains a significant public…

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The Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program (CLEP) within the Wadsworth Center regulates clinical laboratory testing in New York State. Among its regulatory responsibilities, CLEP is currently the only regulatory agency in the United States that…

The Wadsworth Center Bacteriology Laboratory is collaborating with Albany Medical College on a study evaluating whether the use of electrocautery, rather than a traditional scalpel, for skin incisions can reduce surgical site infections in patients…

Review each image and select the identification that best describes the finding(s) identified by the arrow(s). Cell Identification ListHematology Proficiency Test - October 2016[collapse collapsed]Hematology Proficiency Test - June 2016…

Lyme disease, transmitted by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease in U.S. Vector-borne diseases are carried by mosquitoes, ticks or fleas. The bacterium is introduced during a tick bite and then survives in the…

At this time, there is no additional viral encephalitis form required. An acceptable submission to the Viral Encephalitis Laboratory consists of: The completed Infectious Diseases Requisition Form Correctly labeled and packaged specimens…

Welcome to the Interactive Genomics home page of the Wadsworth Center. This page contains links to genomic views of bacteria in which we display RNA profiling and ChIP-seq data mapped to reference genomes. RNA profiles include RNA-seq, transcription…