Quest Diagnostics released its financial results for the second quarter of 2022. Five things to know:

Thirty-six people are being charged for alleged medical fraud totaling more than $1.2 billion, the Justice Department said July 20.

Rite Aid and Quest Diagnostics are partnering to bolster PCR test offerings for COVID-19.

COVID-19 testing and national reference lab Mako Medical Laboratories is buying four liquid handling automation systems to expand its testing capacity.

Independent diagnostics firm Neelyx Labs is now processing monkeypox PCR tests.

Seven months after acquiring Avero Diagnostics in December 2021, Northwest Pathology is adopting the company's name.

Quest Diagnostics is now offering monkeypox testing nationwide with its novel molecular diagnostic test.

Minneapolis-based GS Labs has filed new counterclaims in an ongoing legal fight against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.

Independent physician-owned pathology lab OmniPathology launched an oral lab-developed PCR test that detects HPV.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Laboratories is now testing for monkeypox, the CDC said July 11.

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have created a rapid COVID-19 test that can detect which variant a person has in just a few hours. 

Labcorp will begin testing for monkeypox by using the CDC's orthopoxvirus test and is the first national laboratory to offer this PCR test.

Major labs have partnered with the federal government, private equity firms, health systems, universities and other companies in 2022.

Tampa-based University of South Florida College of Public Health was given a $1 million award from the Association of Public Health Laboratories to help grow the workforce, the university said June 27.

The number and complexity of available lab tests has increased rapidly in recent years, making it difficult for clinicians to stay on top of the best, most appropriate tests to order. This can lead to over- or under-utilization as well as inappropriate test selection, thereby increasing costs and workload.

The CDC is shipping monkeypox tests to five commercial labs, including some of the nation's largest, to quickly increase testing capacity and access, HHS said.

Paducah, Ky., physician Patrick Finney, MD, is paying $561,800 to settle allegations of CMS fraud and False Claims Act violations, the Justice Department said June 21.

UnitedHealth Group company Optum is launching a lab benefit management platform aimed at reducing unnecessary lab testing.

Diagnostics company Predictive Health appointed Susie Lu as the company's president of laboratory services.

Researchers from New York City-based Mount Sinai have created a population-scalable rapid blood test that measures the strength and duration of a person's immunity to COVID-19.