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April 21, 2025, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXXII, No. 6 – April 21, 2025 Issue
The administration of President Donald Trump is calling for a $40 billion cut in funding to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to a report in The Washington Post on April 16. This amount would come from HHS discretionary spending,…
March 27, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 5 – March 27, 2023 Issue
Clinical laboratory leaders watching at-home care evolve should note the new partnership between Best Buy and Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina. As part of the deal, Best Buy Health, a division of the retailer, will assist patients in setting up the technology pieces of …
Microbiome Startups Pushing into the Clinical Lab Space
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 2 – January 31, 2022 Issue
REPUTABLE CLINICAL LABORATORY COMPANIES HAVE A NEW COMPETITOR in what has been called the Wild West of microbiome startups. Some of the companies in this nascent industry have been hailed for developing health breakthroughs while others have been indict…
Payers Continue to Increase Coverage of Liquid Biopsies
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 17 – December 20, 2021 Issue
SINCE THE FIRST BLOOD-BASED, circulating-tumor DNA (ctDNA) sequencing test for cancer became available in 2014, federal and private payer coverage of these so-called “liquid biopsy” tests has increased substantially. Now, clinical laboratory and pathology directors can expect additional coverage …
July 6, 2021 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVIII, No. 9 – July 6, 2021 Issue
Did the SARS-CoV-2 virus infect people in the United States earlier than the first case diagnosed on Jan. 19, 2020? A newly-published study in Clinical Infectious Diseases, says there is evidence of COVID-19 infections in December 2019. The research team included scientists from the Nationa…
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Now that a federal judge has vacated the FDA’s LDT rule, The Dark Report analyzes the judgement and notes the various steps the FDA could take in response. Also, lab testing at pharmacies is proving to be less successful than was once anticipated.
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