Lab

Denton, Texas-based PCR clinical lab HealthTrackRx opened a location in Marietta, Ga.

In February, CMS suspended Chicago-based O'Hare Clinical Lab Services' license to operate, and cut off payments to the lab because of sanctions cited against it, The Washington Post reported March 24.

The College of American Pathologists recently awarded accreditation to Austin, Texas-based blood lab Babson Diagnostics and Lubbock, Texas-based UMC Health's lab.

COVID-19 tests generally fall into two categories: rapid antigen tests, and slower but more accurate polymerase chain reaction tests.

Researchers from Myongji University in Seoul, South Korea, have created a lab test they say detects cancer by using tiny roundworms, American Chemical Society reported March 20.

Labcorp is offering a new test designed to detect and quantify unintentional gluten consumption.

Brookhaven National Lab and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are partnering with Northport (N.Y.) VA Medical Center and Stony Brook (N.Y.) University for a new biomedical research network.

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.