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Daphne Martin, lab director for San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Templeton, Calif.-based Twin Cities Community Hospital, was honored as part of Tenet Healthcare's annual recognition program, Paso Robles Daily News reported May 30.

In light of a global monkeypox outbreak, lab companies and health officials are looking to expand PCR testing for the virus in the U.S., CNN reported May 30.

Jae Lee, 51, former CEO of the now-defunct Northwest Physicians Laboratory in Bellevue, Wash., was sentenced to two years in prison and $7.6 million in restitution for a drug testing kickback scheme that cost the government more than $6.5 million,…

Quest Diagnostics was named to a Becker's list of top places to work, plus five more updates on the lab company in the last 60 days:

Six Texas physicians were added to a lab testing kickback and false claims lawsuit that originally named 18 people, including four former healthcare executives, and two lab companies as defendants, the Justice Department said May 26.

The biggest lab companies in the U.S. are some of the largest globally as well.

Rakesh Kothuru, 49, the majority owner of Laboratory Services of America, was sentenced to four months of house arrest plus $510,000 in forfeiture, restitution and fines over a kickback scheme, the Justice Department said May 19.

PathGroup, one of the largest independent labs in the U.S., has formed an investment partnership with private equity firm GTCR.

The FDA approved a Labcorp COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus test for use without a prescription, the agency said May 16.

Labcorp launched a first-of-its-kind, at-home diabetes risk testing kit.