Quest Diagnostics reports coronavirus testing delays, some two-week wait times

Quest Diagnostics, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, said demand for COVID-19 tests “continues ...
RAPS

FDA authorizes first COVID-19 test for at-home sample collection

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) to LabCorp allowing it to test self-collected nasal swab samples from patients for coronavirus disease ...
CNN

US lab tests suggest new Covid-19 variant BA.2.86 may be less contagious and less immune-evasive than feared

Two teams of US scientists have completed lab experiments testing the antibodies from vaccinated and infected Americans to see how well they might be able to fend off currently circulating variants of ...
FierceBiotech

The CDC works to overhaul lab operations after COVID test flop

In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to diagnose people ...