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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.

Share on Pinterest Some at-home diagnostic testing companies will now send a mobile phlebotomist to your home for a blood draw. Wagner Okasaki/Getty Images While at-home diagnostic testing is not new, ...

A new rapid test for hepatitis C could help identify many more patients who could be cured of the deadly disease, but its use ...

Lab tests play a key role in clinical decision-making. More than 4000 lab tests are available, and an estimated 70% of clinical decisions are based on their results. Correct interpretation is critical ...

For people with food sensitivities, dining out can be a hassle at best and dangerous at worst. But soon, a new portable ...

The need for understandable and transparent pricing for medical services in the U.S. has increased in urgency with the continuing rise of out-of-pocket healthcare costs. Americans are delaying ...

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 ...

Test equipment vendors are working on integrating testing and simulation in the lab with testing done later in the fab, setting the stage for what potentially could be the most significant change in ...

A customer enters the front door of a cannabis retailer in New York. Cannabis retailers say it's hard to sell flower with less than 20% THCa, the form of tetrahydrocannabinol that becomes psychoactive ...