AABB opened applications for their 2025 Future Leader Scholarship Awards Program, according to an announcement. The scholarship is for specialists in blood banking (SBB) (or equivalent...
What is newborn screening (NBS)? Newborn screening (NBS) is a crucial public health program that tests infants shortly after birth for rare but serious genetic and metabolic disorders...
Each month, MLO’s Editor in Chief, Christina Wichmann, interviews a lab leader. Thomas P. Slavin Jr., MD, MBA, FACMGG, DABMD is Medical Laboratory Observer’s April...
Dr. Mehmet Oz was voted to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by the Senate on April 3. Dr. Oz will be the CMS’s Administrator. The motion was confirmed...
81 BioReference Health employees have been laid off so far this year. The lab was partially acquired by Labcorp in March, according to an announcement. An nj.com article written...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H. is their 27th commissioner. He was sworn in on April 1. He will work closely with Health...
On November 26, Jayanta “Jay” Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D. was nominated for Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He began his term on April 1, according...
What genetic education topics are you currently researching and/or teaching? This is an exciting time for cancer research. We are constantly seeing new findings and emerging therapies...
NYU Langone Hospital Long Island Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is one of the recipients of Medical Laboratory Observer's 2025 Lab of the Year Runner Up Awards...
Mohawk Valley Health System Laboratory is one of the recipients of Medical Laboratory Observer's 2025 Lab of the Year Runner Up Awards! The lab is located in Utica, New York and...
Medical Laboratory Observer's 2025 Lab of the Year is the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) at Mayo Clinic Florida. The DLMP serves the 304-bed Mayo Clinic...