COVID-19

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 new COVID-19 variants that are emerging and how those variants could have an impact on the pandemic going forward.

Top highlights include: recovering from COVID-19 at home using virtual technology, a weekly update from a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, and the opioid crisis worsens during the pandemic.

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., look back at how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped laboratory medicine throughout 2020.

Top highlights include: Mayo Clinic model of care and research leads to favorable outcomes for patients with COVID-19, addressing disparities to prevent disease, and new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 detected.

Amir Sadighi Akha, M.D., D.Phil., lab section director for Mayo Clinic's Cellular and Molecular Immunology Laboratory, joins this episode of the "Answers From the Lab" podcast. Dr. Sadighi Akha and Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discuss dendritic cell enumeration — a new test offered through Mayo Clinic Laboratories that is the only clinical test of its kind currently available in the U.S.

Top highlights include: mirroring healthy behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, a vaccine milestone, and how to say no to holiday gatherings during the pandemic.

Aimee Boerger, who works at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, was among the staff members who shared their stories.

At the beginning of the pandemic, Mayo Clinic and its partners across the state worked tirelessly to ramp up testing, investigate treatment, and explore vaccine development.

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., talk about the increased interest in health care professions, including those in laboratory medicine, that has been spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Binnicker weighed in on the impact of false positive test results, as well as testing's role in a larger strategy to control the virus.

Top highlights include: COVID-19 vaccine myths debunked, inside Mayo Clinic's first COVID-19 vaccination site, and how virtual meetings affect your mind and body.

A massive effort that involved numerous departments and experts, culminated in Mayo Clinic designing, testing and mass-manufacturing a 3D-printed mid-turbinate swab for COVID-19 testing.

Findings show 86 cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota associated with the rally, but notes that number underestimates the event's full COVID-19 impact in the state.