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Nine laboratory companies appeared on Inc. 5000's 2021 list of fastest-growing private companies.

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that monoclonal antibody treatments using casirivimab and imdevimab kept high-risk COVID-19 patients out of the hospital, Mayo Clinic said Aug. 30.

Explora BioLabs, a preclinical biotechnology research company, opened a new vivarium — a plant and animal research lab — on Aug. 23.

Spectra Laboratories, a subsidiary of kidney care company Fresenius Medical Care, has opened a 200,000-square-foot renal lab in Southaven, Miss., the DeSoto Times-Tribune reported Aug. 20.

Despite recent COVID-19 surges largely due to the spread of the delta variant and vaccine hesitancy, most physicians and their patients are legally prevented from knowing which variant infected them because of regulatory hurdles, Insider reported.

Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Hospital & Medical Center has completed a new 3,100-square-foot COVID-19 testing lab, the New England Real Estate Journal reported Aug. 20.

Louisville, Ky.-based Mary & Elizabeth Hospital announced a new cardiac catheterization lab, which opened June 24. The lab guarantees round-the-clock care for severe heart attack patients.

Clinical lab technologists and technicians in Arkansas earn the lowest mean wage in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wages report. Those in Mississippi don't fare much better.

The laboratory freezer market will jump from $4.7 billion in 2022 to $5.7 billion in 2026, according to market research organization Reportlinker. The projected growth is attributed to a spike in demand for storage of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as…

The American Society for Clinical Pathology is calling on policymakers to immediately pass a COVID-19 vaccine mandate — and on private sector leaders to intervene if policymakers fail to act.