The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of ...

The CDC announced on April 1 that they would be downsizing their operations, leading to the pause of diagnostic testing for mpox, rabies, and more than 2 dozen other infectious diseases. 1 The CDC has ...

As CDC staffing difficulties continue under the current administration, the CDC announces a plan to pause various lab testing services.

A leader of Wisconsin’s state disease laboratory says a recent reduction in federal testing won’t immediately impact the ...

The pause follows a significant downsizing at the CDC, resulting in a 20% to 25% reduction in staff.

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 to diagnose people infected ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing to step up its oversight of a growing category of medical tests called laboratory-developed tests. The FDA approves and clears many types of lab tests ...

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.