COVID-19

Today's highlights include: Study mines cancer genetics to help with targeted treatment, Mayo Clinic to launch staffing tool app to find 'right nurse for the right role', and new blood biomarker may lead to early diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update with Bobbi Pritt, M.D. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Dr. Pritt look at current trends in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and they discuss advances in diagnosing the virus.

Topics include: Why women's risk of heart disease increased during the pandemic and information about the most commonly asked questions for when to get your second COVID-19 booster.

This Feature Includes: Latent pulmonary vascular disease may alter the response to therapeutic atrial shunt device in heart failure.

Topic's Include: Testing wastewater for COVID-19: The clearest path to understanding community infection, and the latest advice about COVID-19 boosters.

Today's Highlights Include: 5 reasons to consider becoming an organ donor, why so many women in middle age are on antidepressants, and should you get a second COVID-19 vaccine booster?

This week on "Answers From the Lab," William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update with Bobbi Pritt, M.D. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Dr. Pritt discuss how innovation in laboratories can address unmet patient needs and expand access to health care.

Saliva testing has emerged as a viable option for obtaining rapid, reliable test results during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Darci Block considers how this type of testing may expand beyond the pandemic, and the obstacles in its way.

This Feature Includes: Utility of Follow-up COVID-19 Antigen Tests After Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Healthcare Personnel.

Topic's Include: Transplant, new model of care give hope to Salvadoran mom after cancer diagnosis, what you need to know about the COVID-19 BA.2 subvariant, and why calling the highly contagious COVID-19 omicron BA.2 a ‘stealth variant’ is a misnomer.

Today's Highlights Include: Walz signs ALS bill by senator with the disease, Health Fusion: A farm family's journey from tragedy to gratefulness through organ donation, and google Search will soon let you book checkups and other medical appointments.

This week on "Answers From the Lab," William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, joins the "Answers From the Lab" podcast for his weekly leadership update with Bobbi Pritt, M.D. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Dr. Pritt explain what lab developed tests are, why they are important, and how their quality is regulated.

Topic's Include: Breakthrough hospitalizations ‘extremely uncommon’ after COVID-19 immunity, Mayo study finds, and Mayo Clinic in Rochester continues to ease visitor restrictions for hospitalized patients.