COVID-19

Top stories include: COVID-19 travel tips for people with weakened immune systems, Mayo clinic Q&A on examining reports of heart inflammation in young people after second COVID-19 vaccine, and what Mayo Clinic has to offer with COVID-19 walk in vaccine clinics in Minnesota.

Delta Health leveraged their relationship with Mayo Clinic Laboratories to support patient in rural Colorado during the COVID-19 pandemic. Delta Health and Mayo Clinic Laboratories have collaborated for over 17 years to perform complex and esoteric testing.

Today's topics feature: Novavax offers U.S. a fourth strong COVID-19 vaccine, Unvaccinated Americans threatening to prolong the pandemic, Minnesota learning the walk to diversity, Mayo Doctor giving tips on how to avoid a heat related illness, How to manage COVID transition anxiety when resuming activities, and Mayo Clinic ranking one of the best Children's Hospital.

Top highlights include: Overcoming pandemic procrastination and how senolytics reduce COVID-19 symptoms in preclinical studies.

COVID-19 weekly news: Mayo Clinic updates masking, in-person meeting guidance; brushing off the ‘social rust’ as COVID-19 restrictions ease and how patients are now permitted two visitors at Mayo Clinic Health system locations.

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, hosts this episode of the "Answers From the Lab" podcast. He’s joined by Gianluca Pettiti, senior vice president and president of specialty diagnostics at Thermo Fisher Scientific to discuss their organizations’ collaboration and its value for patients.

Top highlights include: Mayo Clinic updates to guidance for masking, information about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines for children, and an expert podcast from Dr. Poland.

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. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss the future of laboratory medicine in a post-pandemic world.

Top highlights include: New CDC guidance for fully vaccinated adults, talking to your children about vaccines, and dancing through complex care during COVID-19.

Top highlights include: Additional insight for when the vaccine will be available for children, Mayo Clinic aims to offer more walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Rochester, and how preventive screening leads to an early diagnosis of treatable breast cancer.

Top highlights include: New CDC guidance for vaccinated adults, the importance of the second dose, and who's at higher risk for serious symptoms.

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. In this episode, Dr. Morice and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., reflect on the dramatic advances that have taken place in laboratory medicine during the pandemic and what those changes might mean for the future.

Top highlights include: J&J COVID-19 vaccine pause ends, combating allergies during the pandemic, and researchers question effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for solid organ transplant patients.