Lab

A 500,000-square-foot life sciences lab is coming to Philadelphia-based Drexel University's campus, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported March 15.

Quest Diagnostics Foundation, the charity organization of lab company Quest Diagnostics, is donating $500,000 to Project Hope to support relief efforts in Ukraine and for Ukrainian refugees in surrounding countries.

The World Health Organization has "strongly recommended" that Ukraine's public health labs destroy high-threat pathogens in light of Russia's invasion, CNN reported March 11.

The Department of Health and Human Services on April 4 is ending a blanket requirement that labs must report all COVID-19 tests, the CDC said March 10.

Labcorp has closed its office in Kyiv, Ukraine, according to North Carolina news station WRAL. 

Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Redwood Toxicology Laboratory will pay nearly $4.8 million to resolve allegations it overcharged the Connecticut Medicaid program for lab services, the Connecticut Attorney General's Office said March 7.

Labcorp is partnering with Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health, the state's largest health system.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is suing Omaha, Neb.-based COVID-19 testing lab GS Labs, Twin Cities Pioneer Press reported March 1.

Healthcare holding company Diversified Medical Healthcare has acquired Dynasty Medical Laboratory Services, its third medical lab company.

The size of an alleged healthcare fraud scheme involving diagnostic labs has risen to $67 million, after 10 Florida residents were charged in connection with the scheme, Palm Beach Post reported March 1.