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Elitza Theel, Ph.D., Director of the Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory, Co-Director of the Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory, and Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and her team at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, were recently interviewed by CAP Today about tuberculosis testing.

Karen Fritchie, M.D., and Dong Chen, M.D., Ph.D., were recently selected as recipients of the 2018 Pathology Teacher of the Year Award from the Mayo Fellows’ Association.

All of us at Mayo Clinic are deeply saddened at the passing of Barbara Bush, an emeritus member of the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees.

Ryan Robetorye, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed as the new Director of Laboratories for the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology on the Mayo Clinic campus in Arizona.

When a military veteran nearing the end of his life requested an American flag be placed over him for comfort, staff went to work to fulfill his last wish.

Matt Binnicker, Ph.D., Director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory in the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, recently spoke with GenomeWeb/360Dx about using upfront flu immunoassays in conjunction with syndromic panel testing.

Sampson was an outcast in his village. Thanks to a series of miracles, he will get the medical care he needs.

Allan Jaffe, M.D., received the 2018 Gifted Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology, which recognizes someone who has demonstrated innovative, outstanding teaching characteristics and compassionate qualities, and because of these attributes, the individual has made major contributions to the field of cardiovascular medicine at the local and/or regional level.

The College of American Pathologists recently published its Clinical Informatics Resource Guide. In the section about radio-frequency identification (or RFID) technology and specimen tracking, R. Ross Reichard, M.D., is featured in an interview.

More than 30 years ago, Andy Romaniuk took his doctor's advice and started walking. He hasn't stopped since, logging thousands of miles, and recently added polka music to the mix.

Mayo Clinic exercise researcher Michael Joyner, M.D., and his colleagues are tackling questions about oxygen saturation at high altitudes to understand key aspects of physiology.

Four-year-old Knox Olafson was given the opportunity to run the bases at Target Field, thanks to Brighter Tomorrows. His trek around the bases stole the hearts of those who got to witness it.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of Mayo Clinic’s Clinical Parasitology Laboratory and Co-Director of the Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory within the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, is the editor of a new infectious disease guide, entitled, Atlas of Fundamental Infectious Diseases Histopathology: A Guide for Daily Practice.