Lab

The Justice Department filed a complaint against Patrick Britton-Harr and several laboratory companies he owns for allegedly submitting claims to Medicare for tests that were not ordered by providers, not medically necessary and sometimes never performed. 

He Jiankui, PhD, a Chinese scientist who sparked controversy in 2018 after claiming to have genetically modified two human embryos, is on a new scientific endeavor: trying to develop a therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, NPR reported June 8.

In this episode, we are joined by Tammy Germini, MBA, MT(ASCP), the Executive Director of Health Systems Operations for Quest Diagnostics, for an engaging discussion on the biggest difference between the average clinical lab five years ago versus today, how…

On Feb. 24, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the first over-the-counter rapid test that can detect both COVID-19 and flu. However, it's unclear when the test might be available to consumers as Lucira Health, the test's developer,…

Quest Diagnostics has agreed to acquire some laboratory services assets from New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian.

A team of engineers and infectious disease researchers at Washington University in St. Louis developed a new rapid point-of-care diagnostic test that is 1,000 times more sensitive than conventional tests.

The FDA cleared for commercial distribution a diagnostic panel that tests for multiple respiratory viral and bacterial infections on Feb. 3.

Grand Junction, Colo.-based Saint Mary’s Hospital is opening a $52.8 million laboratory, ABC affiliate KJCT8 reported Feb. 1.

Kansas City-based University of Kansas Medical Center researchers created an artificial intelligence model that can predict urinary tract infection without a microscopy, WFMZ reported Jan. 23.

BD, a global medtech company, and CerTest Biotec have received emergency use authorization from FDA for their polymerase chain reaction mpox test.