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Two leaders have been announced to lead Mayo Clinic Laboratories and other diagnostic services in the biopharma and cardiovascular spaces. William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., has been named CEO and president and Mary Jo Williamson has been named chief administrative officer.

By Suzanne Ferguson • September 6, 2022

Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic working to commercialize molecular analyzer technology, Mayo Clinic expert provides tips for reducing dementia risk, Putting patients' needs at the heart of a care model

By Samantha Rossi • September 2, 2022

Topic highlights include: A look back at the history of Mayo Clinic, Scientists are racing to develop home tests that measure protection against COVID-19, Health tips Tuesday: preventing symptomatic kidney stones

By Samantha Rossi • August 26, 2022

Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic Minute: prescribing nature for mental, physical health (video), Over-the-counter hearing aids expected this fall in US, UK becomes first country to approve updated Moderna vaccine targeting omicron

By Samantha Rossi • August 19, 2022

Mayo Clinic Laboratories has been named as a UnitedHealthcare Preferred Lab Network care provider for the fourth straight year.

By Mayo Clinic Laboratories • August 17, 2022

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory, provides her perspective on parasites in the latest edition of National Geographic magazine.

By Luci Gens • August 15, 2022

Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic doctors weigh in on all things back-to-school, Trial seeks to develop first Lyme disease vaccine in 2 decades, New York health department says hundreds of people may be infected with polio virus.

By Samantha Rossi • August 12, 2022

Over the course of two days, Mayo Clinic’s 2022 Breast Cancer Care: Innovation, Disruptive Technologies and Early Adopters educational conference will bring you up to speed on the new therapeutics, technologies and techniques that could change the way you provide breast cancer care.

By Cory Pedersen • August 8, 2022

Topic highlights include: Mayo: urgent need for O- blood types, Optum, Sanofi team to make low-cost insulin available to uninsured, How the COVID-19 pandemic changed Americans’ health for the worse.

By Samantha Rossi • August 5, 2022

Topic highlights include: Mayo Clinic in Rochester again ranked country's top hospital: U.S. news and world report, WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency as infections soar, Depression is likely not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, study says.

By Samantha Rossi • July 29, 2022

William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, shares his concerns about the VALID Act, which if passed would give the FDA oversight of laboratory-developed tests. VALID could hamper labs’ test development activity, increase costs for labs, and disproportionately affect smaller labs or those with fewer resources. It could also lead to more test development partnerships and lab collaboration.

By Luci Gens • July 29, 2022

Mayo Clinic Laboratories offers an innovative testing solution for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease. Learn more at the AAIC 2022 tradeshow.

By Meghann Southwick • July 27, 2022

Results of a new study by researchers at Mayo Clinic and Washington State University show that hydrogen peroxide-producing e-bandages may be an effective alternative to antibiotics for managing infected wounds.  

By Cory Pedersen • July 25, 2022