Mercury Lab's purpose was to provide free COVID testing for people without healthcare coverage. The federal government would pay lab costs through the COVID-19 Uninsured Program. "You made a ...

The advisory group looking at the COVID test development found clinical lab decisions were made "by experts in basic science research rather than by certified clinical laboratory professionals." ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against a founder of a Chicago-based COVID-19 testing lab accused of making more than $83 million in fraudulent federal health claims for ...

More people checking for Covid-19 infections are choosing rapid, at-home antigen tests over PCR tests processed at laboratories, making variant-driven waves harder to track and helping to spur a ...

The lab offered PCR and rapid tests for covid starting in late 2020, during the first year of the pandemic. Alvi’s lab was raided by the FBI in February 2022 and the 45-year-old pleaded guilty ...

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The lab then performs a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test on the sample, which is the best and most accurate type of diagnostic Covid test, and considered the “gold standard,” says Garner.

Opens in a new tab or window None of 25 routine laboratory tests were clinically useful for diagnosing long COVID, despite some slight differences in results between patients with and without ...

Few companies are eager for a bankruptcy filing, but ProPhase Labs might be an exception. To collect accounts receivables from its days processing Covid-19 tests done inside pop-up tents in New ...

The co-owner of a Chicago-based lab has pleaded guilty for his role in a COVID testing scam that raked in millions—which he used to buy stocks, cryptocurrency, and several luxury cars while ...

Medicare Part B covers molecular, antigen, and antibody coronavirus testing from Medicare-approved labs. Medicare does not cover over-the-counter home test kits. Various tests can detect COVID-19 ...