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Topics Include: Mayo Clinic Q and A: Strategies for stressed kids, FDA authorizes COVID-19 boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds, and the COVID-19 tests: Different types and when to use them.

If you need a test for COVID-19, a variety of options are now available. But how do you know which one is right for you? Use this guide from Mayo Clinic Laboratories to sort through the choices and help you decide.

Today's Highlights Include: Minneapolis and St. Paul reinstate mask requirements, supreme court weighs Biden’s vaccine mandates as Omicron spreads, and if you tested positive for COVID but don't have any symptoms, here's exactly what you should do.

December 2021, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced thirty new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

Topic's Include: Hospital visitor restrictions to begin Jan. 3, 2022 in Rochester and Mayo Clinic Q and A: Children and video games.

Today's Highlights Include: They were the pandemic’s perfect victims, COVID-19 pills could be a game changer-if you can get your hands on them, and how can I protect a child too young for a COVID-19 vaccine?

From friendly neighbor, to a hero. Darin Kittleson was in the middle of his ordinary day snow plowing his driveway when he decided to plow his neighbor’s driveway, as well. That was when he heard the cry for help. Darin rushed inside as 911 was being called, he immediately started performing CPR, which in the end saved his neighbor’s life.

Topic's Include: Reinfection rates of omicron and why people need to take this seriously, Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 pandemic highlights health disparities, and the types of COVID-19 tests and when to use them.

Today's Highlights Include: f antibodies to thwart Omicron, what to know about rapid COVID at-home tests as White House prepares to mail them across US, and Mayo Clinic in urgent need of O+ and O- blood.

Today's Highlights Include: COVID-19 single-dose nasal vaccine designed for infants and children, the COVID pandemic could end next year, experts say— here's what that looks like, and how the U.S. could get there, and everything you need to know about rapid COVID-19 tests.

Topic's Include: Mayo Clinic expert discusses the latest on omicron variant, one year of COVID-19 vaccines at Mayo Clinic, and predictive modeling for COVID in preparation for the holiday travel season.

Topic's Include: Mayo Clinic scientist explains genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2, taking a closer look at the omicron and delta variants, and testing for COVID-19 at home.

Due to the Christmas and New Year's holiday's (recognized on Saturday, December 25th, and Saturday, January 1st ), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, plan ahead and note: