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Archived Becker's Laboratory Review E-Newsletters

December 18, 2024

• $98M gene therapy hub opens | COVID test liability protection extended | Lab issues place Ark. hospital in immediate jeopardy | Changing blood test protocol could improve patient care

December 11, 2024

• Labcorp finalizes Ballad Health deal | 3 virus season updates | Eli Lilly to test weight loss drugs as addiction treatments | flu-related ED visits rise | Fox Chase expands genetic counseling

December 04, 2024

• Hospitals brace for respiratory season peak | Trump expands healthcare team | 25 largest health systems | CDC warns about trench fever | 11 Cancer Moonshot updates

November 27, 2024

• CDC under Trump: 5 notes | Lab owner charged for $79M fraud scheme | More patients complete CRC screening with at-home test | 1 in 4 adults underinsured | 5 notes on flu activity

November 20, 2024

• CDC under Trump: 5 notes | Labcorp CFO to retire | Genomic test shows promise for complex infections | 1st US case of mpox strain reported in Calif. | Biggest healthcare wins of 2024

November 13, 2024

• Anti-vaccine movement stirs outbreak fears | CDC updates bird flu recommendations | 69 C-suite execs' biggest wins | Colonoscopy beats blood tests at cancer detection | 4 virus updates

November 06, 2024

• Emory launches Healthcare Test Kitchen Lab | What to expect from virus season | How Mayo embeds genomics data into the EHR | Pa. hospital lab techs get 16% pay bump | 1st case of bird flu in pigs reported in US

October 30, 2024

• Bird flu surveillance falling short | 10 healthcare fraud cases | What to expect from virus season | Increased blood test use poses threat | 10 cities with the healthiest, least healthy populations

October 23, 2024

• Top-paying cities for lab techs | Ore. specialists warn about CRC blood-test | XEC jumps in COVID dominance | Hospital staff flu shot rates, by state

October 16, 2024

• Quest completes OhioHealth lab deal | Lab co. to pay $27M settlement | NYU Langone launches digital pathology program | FDA approves 1st combination COVID-flu test | How 2023-24 flu shots compare by state

October 09, 2024

• CDC unveils respiratory virus tracker | Hospital, lab, physician settle fraud allegations | 6 infectious disease trends to know | The prevalence of harmful diagnostic errors | 10 best, worst states for healthcare access

October 02, 2024

• Lab tech pay vs. 37 hospital jobs | Lab owner pleads guilty to $14M fraud scheme | XEC variant gains traction | AI-powered blood test for ovarian cancer: 5 notes

September 25, 2024

• 7 health systems selling lab assets | Blood tests boom in medicine | Sentara Health Plans, Quest partner | White House unveils healthcare safety efforts | The respiratory virus on the rise

September 18, 2024

• Allina Health completes lab sale | CDC unveils program to reduce diagnostic errors | Mount Sinai debuts Alzheimer's blood test | Inside Ochsner's pharmacogenomic testing program | New COVID strain emerges

September 11, 2024

• Ballad Health sells lab assets | La. lab CFO sentenced for $127M fraud scheme | CMS addresses blood culture bottle shortage | US preps for more severe mpox strain | Blood tests boom in medicine

September 04, 2024

• Cancer blood tests questioned | FDA OKs mpox vaccine | Healthcare's 100K-worker deficit | 5 states with the highest, lowest CLABSI rates | 4 COVID updates

August 28, 2024

• Healthcare's next big disruptor | CDC's outlook for 2024-25 virus season | AI pathology co. raises $21M | Researchers create at-home heart failure screening test | 10 medical schools where grads incur the most, least debt

August 21, 2024

• University Hospitals sells lab assets to Quest | Mpox outbreak declared a global health emergency | Blood culture bottle shortage may affect quality measures | CDC issues Oropouche virus advisory | Top health system employers by state

August 14, 2024

• CDC warns of more severe mpox strain | 25 fastest-growing healthcare cos. | Continuous glucose monitors to go OTC | Experts split on COVID classification | Insurers push diagnoses during at-home visits: WSJ

August 7, 2024

• At-home cancer testing initiative debuts | Providence, Northwell manage blood culture bottle shortage | Test result access debated | GPO, diagnostics co. partner | 5 states where COVID ED visits are highest

July 31, 2024

• FDA OKs blood test for colon cancer | Northwell, Mayo invest in robotic lab equipment co. | Cancer test co. settles false claims charges | Alzheimer's blood test shows 91% accuracy | Best, worst states for healthcare

July 24, 2024

• CDC gives update on blood culture vial shortage | 3 labs settle code manipulation charges | Drug-resistant infections up 20% | US News' Best Hospitals Honor Roll | 90% of excess deaths attributed to COVID

July 17, 2024

• FDA urges prioritization amid vial shortage | Labcorp strikes deal with Fla. system | Calif. lab settles billing fraud charges | US News' top hospitals by state | 5 infections on the rise

July 10, 2024

• OhioHealth sells lab services | CDC issues bird flu warning | Fla. hospital reduces HAIs by 40% | 5 wealthiest women in healthcare | The platforms patients use to self-diagnose | 5 states where COVID ED visits are rising

July 03, 2024

• Allina sells lab assets | Joint Commission renewed as CMS accreditor of labs | Nearly 200 charged for healthcare fraud | COVID tougher to distinguish | Florida system shrinks unnecessary C. diff testing by 20%

June 26, 2024

• CDC pushes for more fungal testing | CityMD settles COVID testing suit | Emerging healthcare trends to know | Memorial Hermann sets model for rapid syphilis testing | 17 healthcare cos. lauded for leadership

June 12, 2024

• At-home tests concern physicians | Lab owner charged in $60M fraud scheme | 'FLiRT' variants account for 65% of COVID cases | 3 hospitals piloting cancer blood tests | What patients want from healthcare in 2024

June 5, 2024

• FDA sued over lab test rule | Diagnostics co. files for bankruptcy | 3rd human bird flu patient experiencing different symptom | Fortune 500's top 25 healthcare cos. | Could a fungal infection spur the next pandemic?

May 29, 2024

• HHS to debar nonprofit tied to Wuhan lab | FDA weighs 2nd blood test for colon cancer | WHO updates list of most dangerous drug-resistant pathogens | Miss. man pleads guilty to $51M healthcare fraud scheme | CDC confirms 2nd human bird flu case

May 22, 2024

• 10 highest-paid healthcare CEOs | States asked to monitor H5N1 flu through summer | FDA OKs self-collection HPV test | Genetic test could reveal weight loss potential of Ozempic, Wegovy | CDC warns of mpox resurgence

May 15, 2024

• Lab tech pay vs. 37 hospital jobs | Intermountain expands central lab | Pharmacy exec sentenced for role in meningitis outbreak | FDA preps response for bird flu in humans | 10 best states for healthcare

May 8, 2024

• Top-paying cities for lab techs | Diagnostic co. lays off 49% of staff | Why hospital execs think Walmart Health failed | Experts fret over potential bird flu outbreak | Vt. hospital sees 800% rise in blood infection cases

May 1, 2024

• FDA finalizes rule to regulate lab tests | Lab owners charged in $36M fraud scheme | Labcorp completes Providence, Baystate deals | 4 cosmetic services linked to outbreaks | Antibiotic-resistant hospital infections surpass pre-COVID levels

April 24, 2024

• WHO calls bird flu a 'great concern' | How Mercy increased rare disease diagnoses | Lab tech employment levels in 2024 | WHO updates terminology for airborne diseases | UC Davis Health texts patients for colon cancer screenings

April 17, 2024

• Experts warn of potential smallpox return | Biotech CEO sentenced for $28M fraud scheme | White House unveils pandemic prevention strategy | CDC warns of Measles spread | 100 top hospitals: Fortune

April 3, 2024

• US reports human bird flu case | Lab owner pleads guilty in $30M fraud scheme | 35 healthcare billionaires | Measles cases jump 51% in 1 week | The underutilized test that could prevent chemo overdosing

March 27, 2024

• Measles cases surpass 2023 total | Drinking water linked to 214 outbreaks | HHS gets funding boost | CDC updates ventilation guidance for respiratory viruses | Joint Commission's 2024 patient safety goals for hospitals

March 20, 2024

• CDC issues alert on measles outbreak | Blood tests shouldn't replace colonoscopies: AGA | FDA seeks $7.2B for 2025 budget | Researchers react to drug-resistant fungi | How the US stacks up in healthcare across the world

March 6, 2024

• Quest Diagnostics lands $5M settlement | UChicago, City Colleges invest in clinical lab techs | Physicians prep for measles outbreaks | 26 states with high virus levels | 43 US hospitals among world's best

February 28, 2024

• Ky. lab to pay $10.5M to settle fraud allegations | Lab execs among most 'influential' healthcare CEOs | How lab techs rank for job opportunity | Norovirus climbs across US | 15 states report measles cases

February 21, 2024

• Long COVID research gets $515M boost | Physicians relearn measles detection amid outbreak | 25 states with high virus activity | Long nails can contribute to infection outbreaks | Best large, midsize health system employers

February 14, 2024

• 2M lab devices flagged for testing issue | CDC adds syphilis testing guidance | UNC Health lab eyed in cancer cluster probe | CDC to loosen COVID isolation guidance | 23andMe valuation down 98%

February 7, 2024

• Top-paying states for lab techs | Lab owner sentenced for $234M fraud scheme | HHS, CDC detail vector-borne disease strategy | Most admired healthcare cos. | 18 states where virus activity is still high

January 31, 2024

• Lab tech pay by state | Experts criticize WHO's new COVID guidance | New Alzheimer's blood test in the works | Avg. burnout, pay rates for pathologists | 21 states with high virus activity

January 24, 2024

• Intermountain ends genomic lab program | Disease X needs more focused prep | New research sets path forward for long COVID tests | 10% of Type 2 diabetes patients could be misdiagnosed | What excites 101 health system execs

January 17, 2024

• Providence closing some outpatient labs | NJ lab, owner to pay $13M settlement | 7 health systems selling labs | Lab tech ranked among best healthcare support jobs | NY research institute to build lab

January 10, 2024

• Steward sells lab assets in Ohio, Pa. | Patient samples reveal 35 new bacteria | The prevalence of hospital diagnostic errors | Akido Labs partners with RI primary care group | Immunity's role in COVID test result lags

January 3, 2024

• Genetic testing co. lays of 15% of staff | 23 states with high respiratory virus levels | AI to predict severity of COVID variants | Colo. sees 1st measles case in 5 yrs. | 25 healthiest US cities

December 20, 2023

• Abbott's lab automation solution gets FDA nod | House passes Lower Costs, More Transparency Act | 17 states report high respiratory virus levels | Tenn. sees mpox surge | Median annual wage for lab techs

December 13, 2023

• CDC warns of more severe mpox strain | Home Test to Treat program available nationwide | 15 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | Virus-packed holiday season ahead | 15 states with high levels of respiratory virus activity

December 6, 2023

• Lab owner charged in $148M fraud scheme | AHA urges FDA not to move forward with lab test proposal | No link found between pneumonia cases in US, China | Yale opens Center for Infectious Diseases | Tampa General pilots cancer genetic testing

Novermber 29, 2023

• CDC probes ocular syphilis cases | WHO probes respiratory illness surge in China | Mass General Brigham sued over infection control lapse | 10 states with high levels of respiratory virus activity

Novermber 22, 2023

• 5 systems selling their labs | CDC, WHO report rise in measles cases, deaths | US expands distribution of free COVID tests | Are hospitals prepared for rising tropical disease threats? | 7 states with high levels of respiratory virus activity

Novermber 08, 2023

• CDC expands COVID, flu, RSV airport surveillance | The world's deadliest infectious diseases | Northwell debuts tripledemic virus test | 6 states, DC reporting moderate, high flu activity | 300+ warned of possible TB exposure in Calif.

Novermber 01, 2023

• 1 virus that may cause the next pandemic | CDC director OKs mpox, meningitis vaccines | COVID detection concerns grow ahead of winter months | Henry Ford hospital sees highest strep rate in 25 yrs. | 4 sepsis care updates

October 25, 2023

• Mayo to develop genetic cancer tests | Memorial Sloan Kettering to take proprietary biopsy global | Intermountain to digitize 8M pathology slides | Michigan Medicine installs digital pathology platform | Ga. system taps Medline as main lab supplier

October 18, 2023

• Pilot blood test detects 50 types of cancer | Convicted lab owner ordered to forfeit fraud proceeds | 10 diseases that caused 75% of US deaths in 2021 | New AI tool predicts COVID strains | South faces threat of yellow fever resurgence

October 11, 2023

• Baystate Health sells lab assets | Lab owners plead guilty to $359M COVID test scheme | Healthcare leaders not confident in US' pandemic prep | Hackensack Meridian launches diagnostics co. | The disease set to 'take off' in Southern US

October 4, 2023

• FDA aims to regulate lab tests | 11 wealthiest people in healthcare | 1 flu lineage that may be extinct | COVID metrics continue decline | CDC taps Verily for wastewater surveillance

September 27, 2023

• CDC invests $263M to forecast infectious disease threats | Feds secure $372M from lab testing scheme | How an RSV surge might strain children's hospitals | Rapid sepsis test saves more lives at lower cost | Biotech industry vet buys stake in LabShares

September 20, 2023

• Where nurses, CDC disagree | Lab owner sentenced for $42M fraud scheme | World's best healthcare cos. | Wyo. reports 1st-ever human leptospirosis case | Emailed test results stir patient panic

September 13, 2023

• US halts virus-hunting research program | Walgreens to pay $44M to Theranos customers | Most dangerous places to work in healthcare | The latest on COVID, flu, RSV | Flesh-eating bacteria kills 6 along East Coast

September 06, 2023

• How hurricanes, infectious diseases are linked | Positive results seen with new sepsis detection tool | RSV cases rising in Southeast | Quest Diagnostics gets breakthrough designation for adeno-associated virus test | Do expired COVID tests still work?

August 30, 2023

• Inside CDC's lab center proposal | Lab owner sentenced for $463M fraud scheme | Michigan Medicine adds lab data analytics platform | Optimism around likelihood of 'tripledemic' repeat | 20 highest-paid healthcare CEOs

August 23, 2023

• CDC to overhaul lab operations | Medicare covers 1st whole-genome cancer test | Health systems offload labs amid restructuring | Md. reports 1st locally acquired malaria case in 40 yrs. | When experts anticipate RSV's arrival this year

August 16, 2023

• Jefferson sells lab business for $108M | Lab owner to pay $77M for kickback schemes | 20 healthcare cos. with the widest CEO-worker pay gaps | Chagas cases on the rise | Military taps lab for generic drug study

August 09, 2023

• NewYork-Presbyterian sells lab assets | NC lab settles fraud allegations | La. hospital 1st in US to adopt 10-min. sepsis test | Physicians should 'think fungus' amid rising infections: CDC | 10 states where COVID admissions are rising fastest

August 02, 2023

• 13 Pfizer drugs most vulnerable to shortages | Death toll rises in meningitis outbreak | Top hospitals by state | Leprosy may be endemic in Southeast | Breath test detects COVID in 60 seconds

July 26, 2023

• HHS pauses funds for Wuhan lab | 2 physicians resolve lab kickback allegations | TB outbreak linked to bone tissue products | Unlicensed Fla. woman charged after performing 'live blood analysis' | Wash. sees 1st C. auris case

July 19, 2023

• 2 systems selling labs | Multiple labs, owner charged for FCA violations | CDC tracking cronobacter cases | Researchers find rare disease-causing bacteria for 1st time in US | FDA OKs rapid test for bacterial respiratory infections

July 12, 2023

• Cigna settles lab overcharging allegations | Ore. system to offload labs | Antibiotic shortage may fuel syphilis infections | Physicians worried about enterovirus flare-ups | Health officials urge vaccines to prevent 'tripledemic'

July 05, 2023

• 11 highest-paid healthcare CEOs | Neurovascular issues arise in fungal meningitis outbreak | Employment levels in 37 hospital jobs | CDC to start tracking cronobacter cases | 12 infection outbreaks, updates

June 28, 2023

• US sees 1st local malaria cases since 2003 | The next 5 years of health system growth | CDC tracks new COVID variant | How genetic testing access will improve rare disease research | 1 lab role most likely to work remotely

June 21, 2023

• GPT-4 predicted correct diagnosis 39% of the time: Researchers | St. Jude opens infectious disease research dept. | Swine flu death prompts CDC probe | CEO-to-worker pay ratios at 30 healthcare cos. | 6 mpox updates

June 14, 2023

• CDC gives updates on fungal meningitis outbreak | 23andMe plans layoffs | Walmart to offer at-home diagnostics tests | Scientist behind 'CRISPR babies' back in lab | Physician specialties ranked by student debt burden

June 7, 2023

• Fortune 500's top 25 healthcare cos. | Software glitch causes false cancer notifications | Mayo to use AI-powered digital pathology for drug development | Florida Digestive Health to debut precancer detection test | 5 viruses experts are watching

May 31, 2023

• WHO asked to issue emergency over fungal meningitis outbreak | Former Quest Diagnostics CEO joins Tenet | 5 medical services Americans are skipping | Why brain eating amoeba infections are up in northern states | COVID hospitalizations hit all-time low

May 24, 2023

• WHO launches global virus surveillance network | Which state employs the most lab techs? | Mpox may rebound this summer: CDC | Maine sees 1st death from rare tick-borne disease in 2023 | 70% of people feel US healthcare system fails to meet needs: Report

May 17, 2023

• Highest-paying state for lab techs | Jefferson to sell certain lab assets to Labcorp | 9 US hospitals newly designated as rare disease centers | Out-of-pocket COVID PCR test cost by state | CDC probes possible mpox resurgence

May 10, 2023

• New 'playbooks' facilities prep for disease outbreaks | Former lab tech pleads guilty to defrauding payers | FDA flags bacteria risk for 500K COVID tests | UCSF adds pharmacogenetic tests | Hospitals back cancer detection startup

May 03, 2023

• US biosafety, pathogen research needs more oversight: Experts | 10 best states for healthcare | WHO launches pandemic prep initiative | The future of COVID tracking | 7 dead in Virginia Mason bacterial outbreak

April 26, 2023

• ED visits for strep hit 5-yr. high | House subcommittee to explore safety of pathogen research | Will blood tests be the future of colorectal cancer screening? | 3 animal-to-human infections | Texas hospitals see rise in mold infections after hurricane

April 19, 2023

• Wuhan lab had biosafety issues as COVID emerged | How CDC, AMA plan for re-emerging pathogens | Bird flu mutates in Chilean man | Infectious disease experts push end to healthcare mask mandates | Rare fungal infection plaguing Mich. paper mill workers

April 12, 2023

• Meet 35 healthcare billionaires | Lab to pay $5.9M to resolve kickback allegations | 4 ways avian flu must evolve to become a human pandemic | FTC orders Illumina to divest cancer test maker | XBB offshoots to exceed dominant US strain

April 05, 2023

• Providence adds blood test to detect cancer | Lab owner pleads guilty to $89M fraud scheme | How 'shape-shifting' antibiotics could combat drug resistance | New omicron subvariant is 'one to watch' | Nev., Calif. lead US in No. of C. auris cases

March 29, 2023

• Epic adds genetic testing tool to EHR | Lifebrite Labs CEO not guilty in $1.4B billing scheme | Penn Medicine hires pathology, lab medicine chair | Infectious disease experts optimistic on trajectory of field | 5 notes on C. auris in 2023

March 22, 2023

• US to release COVID origins info | Union files complaint against Trinity Health for firing 11 lab workers | Johns Hopkins spinoff launches GI cancer detection test | Quest Diagnostics buys Northern Light lab

March 15, 2023

• COVID origin declassification bill heads to Biden | Medical testing co. owner sentenced to prison for fraud | CDC: Screen all adults for hepatitis B | Positive strep throat tests double | Moderna may test bird flu, mpox vaccines in humans in 2023

March 08, 2023

• All theories on pandemic's origins still viable: WHO | Experts monitoring H3N2 virus uptick in India | Capital Digestive Care taps lab medical director | Vaccine makers prep for bird flu | 30 most stressful cities for workers

March 01, 2023

• Lab leak likely caused pandemic: US energy dept. | FDA OK's at-home flu, COVID combo test | Meet 7 healthcare billionaires | 11 states where H5N1 has jumped to mammals | CDC notes rise of drug-resistant Shigella

February 22, 2023

• 60+ best healthcare employers | How Ochsner is spearheading universal genomic testing | Tower Health, Quest Diagnostics partner | New rapid COVID test 1,000 times more sensitive than others | CDC probing source of Listeria outbreak

February 15, 2023

• Epic expands lab capabilities | Quest buys nonhospital-based labs from NewYork-Presbyterian | 4 issues infectious disease experts are focused on | FDA OK's 1st COVID test cleared with CLIA waiver | Where things stand 2 months after tripledemic's peak

February 08, 2023

• Colo. hospital opens $52.8M lab | Labcorp to pay $19M to settle kickback, false claims lawsuit | The key to reinvigorating infection control | Avian flu's spread to mammals | Hospitals prepare for next virus surge

February 01, 2023

• EHR-integrated lab tool raises $10M | Lab owner convicted in $11M fraud scheme | Single blood test a 'game changer' in cancer diagnostics | World unprepared for next pandemic: Red Cross | Why physicians aren't specializing in infectious diseases

January 25, 2023

• Best healthcare places to work | Lab owners charged in Medicare fraud scheme | Stanford Medicine creates Theranos-like blood test | Ky. measles case tied to Ohio outbreak | AI model made to predict UTIs without microscopy

January 18, 2023

• 10 Shkreli awardees for bad behavior | Lab owner wanted in $547M fraud scheme | C. auris infections reported at Miss. long-term care center | COVID admissions dip as XBB.1.5 spreads | Flu positivity drops

January 11, 2023

• Mayo Clinic, Helix partner on biopharma lab services | Lab pays $16.5K settlement with HHS | Aventus files complaint against UnitedHealthcare | BD, CerTest get emergency use authorization for mpox diagnostic test | Where the tripledemic stands in 2023

January 04, 2023

• Breakthrough discovery could allow urine tests to detect liver cancer | Lab tech arrested for role in COVID testing scheme | XBB.1.5 now makes up 40% of US COVID cases | New blood test detects Alzheimer's biomarker | 7 flu notes

December 21, 2022

• Medicare spending on lab tests increasing | Lab owner convicted for $463M fraud scheme | ProPhase Labs to acquire esophageal cancer screening tool | 4 updates on Flu, RSV & COVID

December 14, 2022

• 18K lab devices recalled | Winter COVID surge looms: experts | Joint Commission adding safety briefings in 2023 | Labcorp opens Los Angeles facility | NY ends emergency polio order

December 07, 2022

• 378 labs billed Medicare at questionable levels for COVID tests | US to lift mpox emergency declaration | 50 states ranked by overall health | Flu, COVID activity rises | Ohio measles outbreak to last several months

November 30, 2022

• Quest Diagnostics buys Summa Health's lab service business | Measles seen as 'imminent' global threat | Meet 4 lab co. CEOs | RSV could be at peak | 70% of US reports high or very high flu activity

November 23, 2022

• Pathologist pay jumps 6% | Novel RSV variant causes prolonged infection | Theranos founder gets 11 yrs. in prison | Illness-causing fungi spreading in US | 3 COVID surveillance trends to know

November 16, 2022

• Oracle Cerner, Labcorp to manage hospital labs in 10 states | Where COVID, flu & RSV stand | Sema4 to cut reproductive, women's health testing | $88M needed to curb Ebola outbreak | Capital Digestive Care lab named Center of Excellence

November 09, 2022

• American Society for Clinical Pathology updates lab test guidelines | Mayo, Numares partner on AI tests | WHO identifies 19 fungal 'priority pathogens' | COVID-19 cases to jump 39% by Nov. 17 | Life Line Screening launches at-home lab tests

November 02, 2022

• 6 leaders on the 'tripledemic' | Lab owner pleads guilty in $130M Medicare fraud scheme | Quest, Saint Louis University partner on lab science degree | CDC tallies 6 monkeypox deaths | Google Cloud exec joins Labcorp board

October 26, 2022

• Independence Blue Cross, Labcorp renew contract | CVS Health to offer at-home testing | US aims to boost Ebola testing capacity | CG LabTech, 1health.io partner | RSV surge creates risk of 'tripledemic'

October 19, 2022

• Patients Choice acquires Infinity | NJ hospital opens $4.7M molecular virology lab | The latest collab helping physician-owned labs | Plexision develops rapid blood test | Quest Diagnostics launches obstetrics test panel

October 12, 2022

• CSI Labs data breach hits 244K patients | Quest Diagnostics, Labcorp named best places to work | Biopharma co. goes public at $6M | Signs of winter COVID surge grow | Polio detected in 2 more NY counties

October 05, 2022

• Mayo lab exec excited about diagnostics' future | Lab co. to settle fraud allegations for $3.6M | P4 Diagnostix, Pierian partner | Convicted Theranos founder granted hearing for new trial | NovoPath adds integrated testing workflows

September 28, 2022

• $3M awarded for diagnostic innovations | Calif. hospital earns 1st Leading Laboratories label | NY hospital, system ink lab partnership | Health depts. up polio detection efforts | Cleveland Clinic physician leader joins Next Gen Diagnostics board

September 21, 2022

• Quest Diagnostics, Fla. health system forge supply partnership | Lab owner pleads guilty to 3 federal cases | Ark. lab plans $30M expansion | 4 notes on enterovirus D68 | 'We are not where we need to be': Dr. Fauci on pandemic

September 14, 2022

• US to launch cancer blood test trial | Early flu shots urged amid possible severe season | Convicted Theranos founder requests new trial | 4 monkeypox updates | Vaccinated people less likely to have long COVID

September 07, 2022

• 2 lab equipment segments sold to PE firms | Fla. lab owner charged in $53M fraud scheme | Biotech firm adds monkeypox testing | How disease outbreaks improved wastewater surveillance | White House expects COVID shots to be annual

August 31, 2022

• ASCLS objects to CMS lab testing proposal | Todos Medical adds saliva-only monkeypox tests | Lab molecule found to have anticancer properties | Study shows accuracy of 2 COVID tests on variants | Clinical trials co. invests $10M in Texas lab

August 24, 2022

• World-1st test IDs monkeypox over viruses with similar symptoms | Polio may have been spreading for a year: CDC | Provista Diagnostics joins monkeypox testing push | OneSmartLaboratory, cybersecurity firm partner | Mako Medical adds phlebotomy training

August 17, 2022

• World-1st test IDs monkeypox over viruses with similar symptoms | Polio may have been spreading for a year: CDC | Provista Diagnostics joins monkeypox testing push | OneSmartLaboratory, cybersecurity firm partner | Mako Medical adds phlebotomy training

August 10, 2022

• Lab supplier recalls viral tubes, swabs | Quest, Labcorp techs refuse to draw blood from monkeypox patients | BD, Labcorp partner on cytometry-based companion tests | Sparrow Health adds in-house monkeypox tests | 2 COVID vaccine creators honored

August 03, 2022

• Lab capacity exceeding monkeypox tests | Class I recall issued for rapid COVID test | New lab test formula could reduce healthcare disparities | Quest, Rite Aid partner on COVID testing | AI diagnostics co. closes $45M funding round

July 27, 2022

• 36 people charged in $1.2B lab fraud case | Layoffs hit labs as COVID testing dwindles | Blood test tube shortage may reduce wasteful testing | Quest Diagnostics reports $2.45B in Q2 revenue | The new theory on cause of pediatric hepatitis cases

July 20, 2022

• Are cancer centers too test-heavy? | Mako Medical to double COVID testing | Hospitals cutting services over staffing shortages | Neelyx Labs joins monkeypox testing push | Northwest Pathology rebrands under Avero Diagnostics

July 13, 2022

• Mayo to run 10K monkeypox tests per week | GS Labs sues BCBS of Minn. | Rapid COVID variant test created by Texas researchers | OmniPathology launches oral HPV PCR test | Inflation now Americans' top worry

July 06, 2022

• Labcorp 1st to offer monkeypox test | Pathologist pay jumps 6% | US monkeypox cases rise to 460 | 9 lab partnerships to know | Omicron BA.5's fast rise to dominance | The future of maintaining privacy and security in healthcare

June 29, 2022

• Optum breaks into lab benefit management | Physician admits to lab test fraud | CDC recruits lab co.'s to fuel Monkeypox testing | Fla. school gets $1M to increase lab workforce | Global hepatitis outbreak hits 920 cases

June 22, 2022

• Mount Sinai team invents test to measure COVID immunity | Lack of monkeypox testing could mask infection rates | The looming cost of healthcare inequity | How COVID shaped infectious disease work | Predictive Health names president of lab services

June 15, 2022

• WHO to decide if monkeypox a global health emergency | ProPhase moves to expand genomics testing | Biden to unveil plan for next pandemic | Cancer diagnostics co. buys Pa. lab | Lab director added to Tenet hall of fame

June 01, 2022

• 6 Quest Diagnostics moves | Former lab CEO gets 2 years prison in $6.5M fraud case | High burnout rates lead to increased risk of talent loss | Lab fraud case expands to 24 defendants | The consequences of COVID reinfection

May 25, 2022

• Meet the CEOs of 4 lab cos. | Lab owner fined $510K for kickback scheme | Pathologist pay jumps 6% | NY investigating possible monkeypox case | 44% skipped healthcare over cost uncertainty

May 18, 2022

• Mayo lab exec excited about diagnostics' future | FDA approves 1st non-prescription multi-analyte COVID test | PathGroup lands PE investment | Labcorp launches at-home diabetes risk test | WHO confirms 429 hepatitis cases in 22 countries

May 11, 2022

• Labcorp buys lab services from AtlantiCare | Fulgent Genetics expands lab footprint, names new leadership | Cancer diagnostics co. partners with Japanese tech firm | Blood tests to revolutionize Alzheimer's treatment, physicians say

May 4, 2022

• 3 leaders recognized on 'Lab Excellence List' | W.Va. hospital opens automated lab | Quest Diagnostics appoints 6 execs | The new microfluidic chip that can powered by a smartphone

April 27, 2022

• Lab founders plead guilty in $300M fraud scheme | Mayo Clinic begins $49M lab expansion | Quest Diagnostics revenue down 4% | SC lab snags accreditation | COVID hospitalizations up in 28 states

April 20, 2022

• Pathologist pay jumps 6% | Lab sales rep found guilty of fraud | Inform Diagnostics sold for $170M | Lab worker wins $450K lawsuit | FDA authorizes 1st COVID breath test

April 13, 2022

• Explora BioLabs sold for $295M | Ore. AG sues embattled COVID lab | Summit Health opens physician-owned lab | Blood tests could show biomarkers for mental health disorders

April 6, 2022

• Lab to pay $11.6M fraud settlement | Quest Diagnostics adds diabetic screenings | Labs, hospital execs hit with kickback suit | New blood test assesses organ damage from COVID | HealthTrackRx expands into Ga.

March 30, 2022

• Labs face blood collection tube shortage | CMS cuts funding for COVID lab | $1.68M paid to settle lab kickback claims | Quest Diagnostics reports high rate of positive drug tests | New lab test uses worms to detect cancer

March 23, 2022

• Rapid PCR test approved for emergency use | $400M life sciences lab would be Philadelphia's largest | Labcorp offers 1st test for gluten consumption | 2 NY labs form biomedical research network | Quest Diagnostics donates $500K to Ukraine

March 16, 2022

• HHS ends COVID lab reporting requirement | Toxicology lab to pay $4.8M to settle Medicaid billing allegations | Labcorp closes Ukraine office | Ortho Clinical Diagnostics lands buyer | WHO asks Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens

March 9, 2022

• BCBS Minnesota sues COVID lab | Fla. lab scam hits $67M | Labcorp partners with Prisma Health | Diversified Medical lands 3rd lab acquisition | Last state drops mask mandate

March 2, 2022

• Which state has the most lab techs? | $51M lab holding co. investment to add 185 SC jobs | At-home lab testing soars | Ascension, Labcorp partner | Omicron subvariant doubling every week in US

February 23, 2022

• Lab tech job market: Essential data in 2022 | Labcorp acquires cancer genomics co. | Omicron subvariant not detected in PCR tests | Calif. COVID lab to double volume with new facility | CDC updates vaccine interval guidance

February 16, 2022

• 3 Texas labs charged in $300M fraud scheme | Ascension, Labcorp partner | Iowa hygienic lab to expand with $9.2M CDC grant | NC school launches lab tech program | CMS responds to states seeking vaccination mandate waivers

February 9, 2022

• At-home lab test market soars | Fla. labs, Cigna clash over $32M in unpaid claims | Ill. COVID lab sued | Animal welfare group investigates Seattle research lab | Scitara raises $15M

February 2, 2022

• Defense Department orders 104M COVID tests | Abbott's rapid diagnostics business grows 95% | 174K patients not notified of bad COVID tests | Quest Diagnostics, Walmart partner | Pfizer seeks FDA approval of COVID vaccine for kids under 5

January 26, 2022

• FBI raids COVID test co. | New COVID test combines speed & accuracy | $30M Ala. lab named after former health official | Labcorp in 2022: 9 notes | Pfizer testing omicron-specific COVID vaccine

January 19, 2022

• Lab owner pleads guilty to $6.9M CMS fraud scheme | Quest Diagnostics buys Pack Health | COVID outbreak shuts down Md. lab | Labcorp in 2022: 9 notes | White House task force to target new COVID variants

January 12, 2022

• Labs ration COVID tests | NY health system closed 13 labs since pandemic start | Sanofi in 2022: 10 things to know | What physician leaders predict for Omicron's end | Medicare spending on non-COVID tests fell 16% in 2020

January 5, 2022

• Medicare spending on non-COVID tests fell 16% in 2020 | Labcorp in 2022: 9 things to know | Okla. ranks last in COVID sequencing | Omicron dominates US cases | Your Health Labs names CEO

December 15, 2021

• Cleveland Clinic lab detects Omicron | Quest Diagnostics buys Labtech Diagnostics | House passes bill to delay pay cuts for 600 lab tests | Allegheny Health opens outpatient center with lab | 17 healthcare organizations halt COVID vaccination mandates

December 8, 2021

• CMS pay for 600 lab tests to be cut in January | CLMA merges with ASCP | Va. lab creates COVID breath test | Pandemic-related issues close Pa. lab | New Cincinnati biotech center to hire 150 lab workers

December 1, 2021

• US labs prepare for omicron | The only infectious disease lab in Tenn. for 400 miles | Ill. lab earns CAP accreditation | Robotics company lands $32M | Americans still see COVID-19 as biggest healthcare threat

November 24, 2021

• The lab tech job market in 2021 | Medline, DHR Health ink $5M lab supply deal | Calif. COVID lab safe from sanctions after investigation | Cardinal Health extends supply automation platform to clinical labs | Feds ask court to restore vaccine-or-test rule

November 17, 2021

• Ark. ranks lowest for clinical lab tech pay | FDA review of COVID tests reinstated | 8 areas for health system lab growth | Cancer lab firm adds board member | Pfizer seeks emergency use of COVID antiviral pill

November 10, 2021

• Lab owner indicted in $100M billing scheme | 100,000-sq.-ft. lab to be built in LA | Alleged fake COVID lab may have to refund patients | Lab owner sentenced in kickback scheme | Pfizer requests authorization of COVID boosters for adults

November 3, 2021

• Top challenges for lab directors | Preop lab testing is often wasteful | Lab designation program launched | Lab-developed test industry predicted to reach $7B | Pfizer expects to deliver 2.3B COVID vaccine doses in 2021

October 27, 2021

• Lab tech salaries by state | Nev. lab to pay up to $16M over fraud allegations | Notre Dame lab, blockchain firm to combat fake drug circulation | Biggest issues facing lab directors | FDA recommends Pfizer's COVID shot for kids 5-11

October 20, 2021

• Former lab CEO settles kickback case for $1.1M | Minn. lab sends COVID tests to NJ after unspecified disruption | Amazon, Pfizer & Merck launch AI-powered lab | Chicago lab tracks COVID in wastewater | $90M expansion adding labs at Virginia Tech

October 13, 2021

• Ky. lab paid kickbacks for referrals | Quest Diagnostics lab to perform 300K tests a day | Ransomware attack on Mass. lab exposes 350K patients | Cleveland Clinic opens biospecimen cryo storage bank | Experts warn against mixing vaccine doses

October 6, 2021

• Lab test market becoming consumer-driven | Rapid test that predicts COVID-19 outcomes unveiled | Texas lab to be acquired for up to $70M | Noninvasive test created to detect colon, prostate cancer | Tesis Labs raises $20M

September 29, 2021

• Preop lab testing often wasteful: Researchers | Lab-developed test industry to reach $7B by 2028 | FDA may gain oversight of lab-developed tests | New shared lab to aid diagnostic test makers | Weill Cornell to raise $1.5B for lab upgrades

September 22, 2021

• FDA says 2 COVID-19 lab tests might give false positives | Best cities for lab real estate | Mich. governor proposes $220M lab | Biggest issues facing lab directors | Global clinical lab test market predicted to see 7.3% compound growth by 2028

September 15, 2021

• Lab tech salaries by state | Mont. taps National Guard to help state lab | COVID-19 surge overloading testing labs | Ga. lab cleared to produce respiratory test panel | Biden, health execs to meet on vaccination strategies

September 8, 2021

• Kaiser lab glitch backlogged thousands of COVID-19 tests | Texas lab co owner pleads guilty to Medicare fraud | Ky. city gets its 1st cancer genomics lab | NJ lab error delays positive COVID-19 test results

September 1, 2021

• 9 fastest-growing lab companies | Viewpoint: We need to get real about the pandemic endgame | Kidney care company adds Miss. lab site | PathGroup lands 2nd acquisition of 2021 | Antibody treatment may reduce COVID-19 hospitalization rates, study finds

August 25, 2021

• Labs unable to specify the COVID-19 variant patients have | 10 states with lowest clinical lab tech pay | Mass. hospital opens COVID testing lab | Fauci urges hospitals to use more COVID-19 antibody treatments

August 18, 2021

• Pathology power list 2021: 75 honored | Labcorp buys digital health platform | Breakthrough COVID-19 cases rare amid delta surge: 4 notes | Clinical pathology society wants vaccine mandate

August 11, 2021

• Fla. lab tech feels 'weight of the world' as COVID-19 surges | Med testing lab countersues BCBS of Kansas City | Health system lab growth in 2021 and beyond | HSS lab research aided new lupus treatment | Vaccinations by state

August 4, 2021

• 3,000 hospitals put lab samples at risk with vulnerable tech | Big headaches for lab directors | BCBS of Kansas City sues lab, alleges $9.2M improper claims | Patients overpay for labs despite price transparency rules | Lab sues UnitedHealth