An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Beginning in 1999 and through the pandemic, 12 local public health laboratories (out of a total of 40 laboratories at their peak) closed or become inactive for a variety of reasons including insufficient funding, staffing shortages, decreased demand for services, and challenges in recruiting public health laboratory directors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056