June 11, 2020

ARUP Laboratories and technology company Techcyte published a study in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology on their AI-augmented ova-and-parasite detection tool.

June 10, 2020

ARUP is collaborating with the UDOH Public Health Laboratory and Ginkgo Bioworks to study the genetics of the COVID-19 virus in Utah and analyze how the molecular makeup of the virus is evolving.

June 1, 2020

Utahns tested for COVID-19 at the U Redwood Health Center are being asked to volunteer for a study to evaluate whether saliva and other specimen types can be effectively used to test for the disease.

May 22, 2020

When the COVID-19 pandemic was gaining traction in the U.S., few knew what a lab testing collection kit included or what reagents were—until headlines started shouting about shortages of these items.

May 21, 2020

Utah Rep. Ben McAdams (D) donated plasma to a study to determine whether convalescent plasma from those who have recovered from COVID-19 is a safe, effective treatment for patients with the disease.

May 13, 2020

ARUP Laboratories announced that it is making a second COVID-19 IgG antibody test available nationwide.

May 11, 2020

Medical laboratory scientists who work in hospital labs and in national reference laboratories such as ARUP are the inconspicuous, less visible participants in helping to diagnose patients.

May 8, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine interferes with a virus’s ability to replicate, but that mechanism is unproven in patients with COVID-19. Small inpatient studies of the drug have thus far not been promising.

May 7, 2020

ARUP Laboratories will play a key role in a CDC-funded project that aims to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection in hospital emergency department workers nationwide.

May 6, 2020

The David Eccles School of Business at the U and University of Utah Health announce the start of Utah HERO, an undertaking that will begin with testing 10,000 Utahns across four counties.

April 27, 2020

In the six weeks since ARUP became the first clinical laboratory in Utah and one of the first in the U.S. to offer COVID-19 diagnostic testing, ARUP has performed more than 40,000 tests in Utah alone.

April 27, 2020

Julio Delgado, MD, MS, ARUP chief medical officer and director of laboratories, is the featured guest on the newest episode of “Silicon Slopes Live.” He discusses COVID-19 antibody testing.