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Our commitment
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is committed to working with our communities as we all face the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since early 2020, Mayo Clinic researchers and experts have provided expertise to guide the public health response, and our clinical staff has been on the front lines providing lifesaving care for patients with COVID-19.
Learn more about our COVID-19 testing.
Results that matter
We're dedicated to our patients' health and well-being,
and proud of the outstanding outcomes we achieve.
*Data current as of 4/1/22
6,417,638
molecular tests performed
9
COVID-19 testing platforms implemented
299,582
serology tests performed
24/7
support from Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists
COVID testing
Mayo Clinic Laboratories provides testing and associated support for our clients around the world as they manage the ongoing effects of COVID-19. We offer a comprehensive menu of COVID-19 and related testing, including molecular (PCR) testing to diagnose active COVID-19 infection; serology testing to identify people who previously had COVID-19 or have active immunity; and COVID-19/influenza multiplex testing.
Expertise
Mayo Clinic researchers and experts have played a key role in the global response to COVID-19 — from developing and deploying testing, to providing up-to-date information to the public, to advising government and businesses on the best ways to keep people safe.
Newsroom
Featuring Mayo Clinic Laboratories in the news, as well as the latest COVID-19 podcasts and articles. Keep up to date on testing developments and scientific advances.
COVID-19 focused podcasts
Mayo Clinic experts share their knowledge on the state of testing, vaccines, treatments, and more. Podcasts are hosted by Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of Mayo Clinic's Division of Clinical Microbiology.
Resources
Access COVID-19 resources, reference guides, educational content, FAQs, and more.
The Latest
While the accelerated innovation and increased access to testing that’s occurred because of the COVID-19 pandemic has been critically important to worldwide health care, so too has the crash course in laboratory testing and pathology the general public has received throughout the entirety of the pandemic.
Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s Clinical Virology Laboratory, provides insight on the newest COVID-19 subvariant – XBB.1.16, also known as “Arcturus.”
In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, and Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, discuss why avian influenza has recently been in the news and lessons learned from managing COVID-19.
Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on the lives of millions of people around the world, including the many brave health care workers who risked their own health to provide lifesaving care to those infected by the virus. That care was made possible, in part, by the lasting impact that the pandemic has also had on laboratory testing.
In this episode, Dr. Pritt and Dr. Morice discuss the science behind the increasing COVID-19 infections, why individuals can get reinfected with different variants, and the effectiveness of the at-home antigen tests.