2021-03-22

The CDC has cited research in which the University of Utah’s HERO Project and ARUP Laboratories played a key role. The research is integral to new physical distancing guidelines.

2021-03-09

Jonathan Genzen, MD, PhD, ARUP Laboratories’ chief operations officer, explains how the Johnson & Johnson SARS-CoV-2 vaccine works, and how it differs from the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines.

2021-03-01

By the end of January, approximately 22–28% of Salt Lake County residents either had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 or had been vaccinated against the virus, according to the Utah HERO Project.

2021-02-10

Diagnostic laboratory testing remains important for detecting active COVID-19 infection in vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated individuals.

2021-02-03

Point-of-care antigen testing with the Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card is not as sensitive as standard NAATs for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic college students, according to a study.

2021-01-19

ARUP Laboratories announced that it is sequencing variants of SARS-CoV-2 in specimens positive for COVID-19 to enable detection of the more contagious “United Kingdom (UK) variant” of the virus.

2021-01-13

ARUP and University of Utah Health continue to research the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) in four multicenter randomized clinical trials.

2021-01-07

Which types of innovation, adaptation, and acceleration happened in diagnostic technology companies in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic? Are the intensity and fast-moving strategies even sustainable?

2021-01-04

A recording of an hour-long webinar updating the status of diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 nearly a year after the first tests were introduced is now available to watch for free.

2020-12-21

ARUP Laboratories has made a new resource available to laboratory leaders and others in healthcare to help explain how the first FDA-approved SARS-CoV-2 vaccines work.

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