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In January 2022, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced twenty five new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

Due to severe winter weather impacting most of the country, there may be shipping delays of specimens to Rochester, Minnesota. We are monitoring the situation and are working to mitigate any delays with our logistics carriers.

Today's Topic Features: Androgen deprivation therapy use and duration with definitive radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer: an individual patient data meta-analysis.

Of five articles listed among the Journal of Clinical Microbiology’s “Top Cited” collection from the last two years, three included Mayo Clinic authors with papers focused on SARS-CoV-2.

Topic's Include: Mayo Clinic expert discourages throat swab COVID-19 test ‘hack’, and midwest COVID-19 situation update/predictive modeling and what’s next?

Today's Highlights Include: Minnesota's COVID-19 breakthrough cases point to vaccine effectiveness, Biden administration withdraws its vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses, and tips to help making a COVID-19 vaccine shot less scary for young children.

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 look beyond the borders of the United States and discuss the impact COVID-19 is having around the world.

Topic's Include: Mayo Clinic Minute: Looking ahead after 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic, cancer treatment may inhibit immune response to COVID-19 vaccination, and Mayo Clinic Q&A- why getting infected with COVID-19 is still a bad idea.

Today's Highlights Include: Study: E-cigarette users with COVID-19 more likely to experience symptoms, Omicron may peak next week in Minnesota, says Mayo data scientist, and Fauci says FDA could authorize Pfizer's Covid vaccine for kids under 5 in the next month.

As omicron surges and demand for testing spikes, Dr. Morice was among a group of experts called on to discuss access to COVID-19 testing, as well as the ins-and-outs of different test options.

Topic's Include: Mayo Clinic’s statement on the declaration of local emergency requiring masking in indoor spaces in Rochester, how to decide what mask is best for you, and what is ‘flurona’ and why a Mayo Clinic expert says flu cases are rising.

Today's Highlights Include: Minnesota stops requiring child care providers to quarantine kids exposed to COVID-19, doctors discuss the future of COVID-19, and should you swab your throat with a rapid Covid test?

Dr. William Morice II, president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, named among the publication’s list of influencers, thought leaders, and key players driving change in the year ahead.