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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…

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.