If you’ve ever had bloodwork done, you know that understanding the clinical terms and lab values can feel like reading a ...

Patients across the United States now receive lab results on their phones and patient portals the same day those results are ...

When you bring a measurement instrument to a calibration lab, you assume that your instrument will come back within expected tolerances. But, how do you know? That's where laboratory proficiency tests ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

Lab tests play a key role in clinical decision-making. More than 4000 lab tests are available, and an estimated 70% of clinical decisions are based on their results. Correct interpretation is critical ...

One of the most rapidly accelerating health trends today is direct-to-consumer lab testing, in which users pay a company for a certain test, collect their own mouth or nasal swabs, finger-prick blood ...