New York Post New York’s first coronavirus drive-through testing center opened Friday morning in New Rochelle — the Westchester County town with the highest cluster of COVID-19 cases in the United States. “This is drive-thru testing — something I didn’t hear of last week, but we’re doing this week,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “Drive-through testing means people […]
The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state opened its first drive-through coronavirus testing center Friday in hard-hit New Rochelle, aiming to break a testing bottleneck that Gov. Andrew Cuomo called a crisis. The six-lane testing center will soon handle 500 people a day, with priority given to residents of the New York […]
Cuomo said Friday during the opening of a New Rochelle drive-thru facility that will test for Covid-19 Crain’s New York Business New York state could be dealing with virus response for six months or more, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday during the opening of a New Rochelle drive-thru facility that will test for Covid-19. “I don’t believe this is […]
South Florida Business Journal BioReference Laboratories, a subsidiary of Miami-based Opko Health (Nasdaq: OPK), has begun accepting specimen from health care providers throughout the U.S. to test whether or not their patients have COVID-19. The lab launched testing Friday, expecting to start with about 1,000 to 2,000 tests a day. BioReference expects to eventually ramp […]
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In partnership with NY State Department of Health, BioReference will provide COVID-19 testing for the first public drive-through testing facility on the East Coast COVID-19 tests now available for use by healthcare providers throughout the US ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., March 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), is now […]
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COVID-19 test will aid healthcare professionals and public health authorities to identify patients infected with COVID-19 ELMWOOD PARK, N.J., March 05, 2020 — BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), today announced it will offer a test for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), a contagious virus that causes respiratory infection and has shown evidence of human-to-human […]
ACLA Statement on COVID-19 Testing STATEMENT FROM ACLA PRESIDENT JULIE KHANI: “We appreciated the opportunity to meet with Vice President Pence and members of the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force this afternoon on the critical issues related to testing capacity. As an industry, clinical labs have taken steps to meet the growing demand for national […]
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While February is the month of love, it also serves as Condom Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to remind you to protect yourself and your partner from Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) by using condoms. Using condoms every time you have sex not only protects you from STIs and unwanted pregnancies, it’s also a way to […]
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February is American Heart Month and marks an important opportunity to empower men and women to be more mindful of their heart health, know their cardiovascular risk and take action to live longer, healthier lives. According to the American Heart Association, nearly 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented, however cardiovascular diseases continue to […]
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Have you heard the news that the final Local Coverage Determination (LCD) from the Medicare MAC for the 4Kscore® Test, Novitas, is now effective. The LCD includes defined coverage criteria from Medicare, including required documentation of Shared Decision Making prior to ordering the 4Kscore Test. Full text of the final LCD can be found here. […]
