OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories and City of Miami Provide Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

BioReference will offer COVID-19 testing for public drive-through facilities for Miami residents and Larkin Community Hospital ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., March 24, 2020 – BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), today announced a collaboration with the City of Miami to provide coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing. BioReference will provide COVID-19 testing at drive-through locations […]

OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories and City of Detroit Provide Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

BioReference will offer COVID-19 testing for public drive-through facilities for Detroit residents ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), today announced a collaboration with the City of Detroit to provide coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing. BioReference will provide COVID-19 testing at drive-through locations for Detroit residents by appointment. “The impact that expanded testing will […]

OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories and State of New Jersey Provide Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

BioReference offers COVID-19 testing for first five NJ drive-through testing facilities in the counties of Burlington, Essex, Hudson, Ocean and Union BioReference to participate in NJ press conference on Friday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., March 20, 2020 – BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), today announced a collaboration […]

OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories and NYC Health + Hospitals Enter into Laboratory Collaboration to Provide Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories and NYC Health + Hospitals Enter into Laboratory Collaboration to Provide Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) BioReference Laboratories commits to testing 5,000 New Yorkers each day ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., March 17, 2020 – BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), today announced a collaboration with the New York City […]

Eating Green and Clean for a Healthy St. Patrick’s Day

It may be St. Patrick’s Day, but you don’t need the luck of the Irish to increase your chances of living a longer, healthier life. Instead, consider skipping the beer, corned beef and Irish soda bread today, and opting for green fruits and vegetables. Did You Know? Only 1 in 10 U.S. adults eat the […]

FDA finally clears New York labs to test for COVID-19

Fox 5 News NEW YORK – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has finally given the green light to New York state‘s 28 public and private labs to begin manual, semi-automated, and automated testing for the novel coronavirus, the governor announced Friday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said his administration has been asking the FDA for clearance for several weeks and blamed […]

New York Announces Mobile Coronavirus Testing and Adds 5K Tests Per Day

“The single most important thing we can do to combat and contain the novel coronavirus is test for it,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo People Magazine As information about the coronavirus pandemic rapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. […]

BioReference Partners With NY State to Provide Drive-Through SARS-CoV-2 Testing

genomeweb NEW YORK – Opko’s BioReference Laboratories announced Friday it will provide testing for a drive-through facility for SARS-CoV-2 sample collection in partnership with the New York State Department of Health. The drive-through facility is in New Rochelle, New York, which has been the epicenter of the state’s COVID-19 outbreak. The facility started testing Friday […]