CSI Laboratories suffered a data breach that affected 244,850 patients, according to the HHS Data Breach Portal.

To increase efficiency, NovoPath is launching NovoPath360, which enhances integrated workflows for genetic and molecular testing. 

P4 Diagnostix has teamed with Pierian, a company that provides an analysis platform, to launch somatic testing for patients with prostate cancer. 

Next Gen Diagnostics made an expansion to its scientific advisory board by adding Daniel Rhoads, MD. 

Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital has teamed up with Queensbury, N.Y.-based Hudson Headwaters Health Network to open a laboratory services facility at West Mountain Family Health, also in Queensbury, The Saratogian reported Sept. 25. 

Arkana Laboratories, a diagnostic service provider, plans to invest more than $30 million to expand its operations in Little Rock, Ark.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health joined Secaucus, N.J.-based lab company Quest Diagnostics. 

The U.S. is gearing up for a national trial to assess the effectiveness of various blood tests in detecting cancer early on, MIT Technology Review reported Sept. 12.

DNA-based technology developer Applied DNA has launched its monkeypox testing service after receiving approval from the New York State Department of Health.

Medical and life sciences manufacturer Olympus is selling Evident, its lab instrument subsidiary, to a private equity firm for $3.08 billion, Chemical & Engineering News reported Sept. 1.

Trade group The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science sent a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra objecting to a CMS proposal to consider bachelor's degrees in nursing a qualification for high-complexity lab testing.

Diagnostics company Todos Medical is offering saliva-only monkeypox testing at its Atlanta lab Provista Diagnostics.

Worldwide Clinical Trials Inc. is aiming to hire dozens of workers for a $10 million expansion to its Austin, Texas, lab, the Austin Business Journal reported Aug. 24.

Amid questions of accuracy, two rapid antigen COVID-19 tests correctly diagnosed most infections among nearly 800 people experiencing symptoms, researchers found. 

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine discovered that a molecule commonly used to label DNA triggers a cellular process that is fatal to cancer cells.

Labcorp closed its acquisition of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health's outreach lab business.

Reference lab Mako Medical Laboratories was named among Inc. 5000's list of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S.

Trade group American Clinical Laboratory Association warned CMS that "inadequate payment rate[s]" for monkeypox testing may limit patient access.

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global emergency July 23, and the U.S. issued a similar declaration Aug. 4. More than 14,000 cases have been confirmed in the U.S. as of Aug. 18, according to CDC data.

Quest Diagnostics launched an obstetrics test panel for screening pregnant people for hepatitis C.