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Today's Highlights Include: Rochester public schools receives grant to support youth mental health, and FDA releases new regs intended to help detect breast cancer sooner.

By Chantell Canfield • March 17, 2023

In a post on Mayo Clinic’s News Network, Mayo Clinic’s director of Clinical Virology, Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., explains the concern over a potential human-to-human outbreak of avian influenza and what’s being done at Mayo Clinic and elsewhere to mitigate that risk.

By Cory Pedersen • March 13, 2023

In February 2023, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced fifteen new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.

By Chantell Canfield • March 3, 2023

Today's Highlights Include: Ozempic running low for diabetes patients as weight-loss use surges, and Rochester public schools gets $1.9M for mental health scholarships.

By Chantell Canfield • February 24, 2023

This week's Research Roundup features: Predicting amyloid PET and tau PET stages with plasma biomarkers.

By Chantell Canfield • February 21, 2023

A major winter storm will move across the West Coast and Upper Midwest through Thursday, Feb. 23. We are monitoring and tracking the situation with our logistics partners to minimize challenges. 

By Mayo Clinic Laboratories • February 20, 2023

Today's Highlights Include: CDC adds COVID vaccine to routine immunization schedule for kids and adults, Governments target medical debt with COVID relief funds and Minnesota being the 1st state to screen all newborns for serious viral infection.

By Chantell Canfield • February 17, 2023

Today's Highlights Include: USDA proposes new nutrition standards for school meals, virtual care system designed for COVID-19 grows into a multiuse digital health tool, and Mayo Clinic explores use of artificial intelligence. Is It Hype Or Help?

By Chantell Canfield • February 10, 2023

Today's Highlights Include: President Biden to End Covid-19 Emergencies On May 11, and Children’s Minnesota Received $3 Million Grant To Address Pediatric Health Disparities.

By Chantell Canfield • February 3, 2023

Are you planning to attend Medlab Middle East 2023? If so, make an appointment to stop by Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ booth Z3.A30 to learn more about our comprehensive menu of advanced diagnostic testing.

By Carly Mouzes • January 30, 2023

Topic highlights include: FDA considers major shift in COVID vaccine strategy, DNA from blood samples could help early cancer detection, Wisconsin researchers say, CDC informs staff of reorganization after pandemic criticisms

By Samantha Rossi • January 27, 2023

The New England Journal of Medicine recently published new findings on periprosthetic joint infection by Dr. Robin Patel.

By Nicole Holman • January 23, 2023

Topic highlights include: Phoenix Children’s opens specialty clinic at Avondale campus, Moderna says RSV vaccine is effective in older adults, WHO questions severity of XBB.1.5 COVID subvariant as U.S. cases rise

By Samantha Rossi • January 20, 2023