Lab

The market for at-home lab tests has exploded in recent years, and established players and new entrants alike are seeing huge growth. It could pass a valuation of $2 billion by 2025, according to Quest Diagnostics.

The University of Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory is expanding with the help of a time-sensitive CDC grant after the state Board of Regents approved the plans, The Daily Iowan reported Jan. 30.

The Defense Department said Jan. 26 that it ordered more than 104 million additional COVID-19 home test kits from Mountain View, Calif.-based iHealth Labs.

Federal officials worried that more than 174,000 COVID-19 test results from Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah, were wrong, but those patients were never notified, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Jan. 30.

Quest Diagnostics is offering consumer-initiated lab testing through a partnership with Walmart. 

Abbott Laboratories posted its largest-ever quarter for rapid diagnostics, according to a news release from data analytics and consulting firm GlobalData. 

Clinical laboratory Quest Diagnostics is launching an at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen test service that can certify results 24/7 via telehealth.

Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have created a new test for COVID-19 they say combines the speed of an over-the-counter antigen test with the accuracy of a PCR test.

The FBI on Jan. 22 raided the headquarters of a nationwide string of COVID-19 testing sites known as the Center for COVID Control, USA Today reported Jan. 23.

A $30 million state laboratory that opened in 2020 is being named for a former state health officer who now serves as president and CEO of the Alabama Hospital Association, CBS 42 reported Jan. 23.