Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...

Labs across the country are processing thousands of tests a day. When people get a coronavirus test, their deep nasal swab is sent to a lab for analysis. The University of Washington Virology Division ...

Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

Diagnostic test developers, including clinical laboratories, responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with inspiring creativity to meet patient testing needs. These developers found unique ways to enable ...

A new lab may help the city process test results within 24-48 hours. By Joseph Goldstein After months of complaints about testing delays, New York City officials on Thursday are set to announce that ...

A federal judge in Texas has blocked the FDA’s plans to bring laboratory-developed tests under the same regulations it uses to oversee other in vitro diagnostics and medical devices—saying the agency ...