Lower laboratory testing fees are driving out competition and potentially limiting care for seniors who live in nursing homes, warns a coalition of providers fighting to replace the law that mandates ...

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 ...

Continued mutations in SARS-CoV-2 mean new and emerging variants, a sign that COVID-19 isn't going away anytime soon, despite a relaxing of public health measures around the country. And due to the ...

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.

In addition to the cost, the excessive overuse of laboratory testing causes patient discomfort and can lead to hospital-acquired anemia, which results in additional testing, prolonged hospitalizations ...

Platinum-Free Systemic Therapy in First-Line Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: Mirage or Oasis in the Platinum Desert? Cancer predictive or diagnostic assays, offered as Laboratory-Developed Tests ...

This study shows automatic, practical, simple, and effective strategies designed in the laboratory, in consensus with requesting clinicians, to improve laboratory test appropriateness. Objectives: The ...

Biological variation represents the natural fluctuations in laboratory test results that occur both within an individual over time and among different individuals. In the context of coagulation ...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, with more than five million deaths worldwide. The urgent, global nature of the pandemic has led to great innovation with novel vaccines and diagnostics, ...