In light of a global monkeypox outbreak, lab companies and health officials are looking to expand PCR testing for the virus in the U.S., CNN reported May 30.

Jae Lee, 51, former CEO of the now-defunct Northwest Physicians Laboratory in Bellevue, Wash., was sentenced to two years in prison and $7.6 million in restitution for a drug testing kickback scheme that cost the government more than $6.5 million, the Justice Department said May 27.

Quest Diagnostics was named to a Becker's list of top places to work, plus five more updates on the lab company in the last 60 days:

Six Texas physicians were added to a lab testing kickback and false claims lawsuit that originally named 18 people, including four former healthcare executives, and two lab companies as defendants, the Justice Department said May 26.

The biggest lab companies in the U.S. are some of the largest globally as well.

Rakesh Kothuru, 49, the majority owner of Laboratory Services of America, was sentenced to four months of house arrest plus $510,000 in forfeiture, restitution and fines over a kickback scheme, the Justice Department said May 19.

PathGroup, one of the largest independent labs in the U.S., has formed an investment partnership with private equity firm GTCR.

The FDA approved a Labcorp COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus test for use without a prescription, the agency said May 16.

Labcorp launched a first-of-its-kind, at-home diabetes risk testing kit.

Diagnostics has always been an important part of healthcare, but recent times have shined a brighter spotlight on it. William Morice II, MD, PhD, president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, told Becker's there are exciting developments on the horizon as well as areas for concern.

A majority of physicians believe medicine is on the verge of groundbreaking new treatments for Alzheimer's disease, according to research from Quest Diagnostics.

Labcorp and Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare are expanding an existing long-term partnership.

Cancer diagnostic company Invivoscribe is partnering with Japanese technology company Hitachi High-Tech.

Genetic testing company Fulgent Genetics opened a next-generation sequencing lab in El Monte, Calif., and appointed or promoted four people across its leadership team.

South Charleston, W.Va.-based Thomas Memorial Hospital has opened a fully-automated lab, WSAZ reported May 3.

A research team from Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota-Twin Cities has developed a lab-on-a-chip that uses a minimal number of moving parts and can be powered wirelessly by a smartphone, Technology Networks reported May 3.

Pharmaceutical and lab product maker Cardinal Health honored three lab leaders on its annual "Lab Excellence List," the company said April 27.

Quest Diagnostics netted $2.61 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2022, down 4 percent from the same period in 2021.

The founders of three medical labs in Texas pleaded guilty in a $300 million healthcare fraud scheme, the Justice Department said April 20.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic began construction on a $49 million lab expansion, ABC affiliate KSTP reported April 19.