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Who do you think performs your medical laboratory tests for COVID-19 or any other test? If you answered "my doctor" or "my nurse" or a robot, you would be completely wrong. To put it bluntly, your ...

Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

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.

A medical laboratory scientist (MLS), also known as a medical technologist or clinical laboratory scientist, works in a medical laboratory analyzing a variety of biological specimens. They are ...

A laboratory technician wearing full personal protective equipment handles live samples taken from people tested for the coronavirus. ANDREW MILLIGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Who do you think ...

This analysis demonstrated significant variability in medical policy determinations and evidence cited for clinically relevant pharmacogenetic tests among major US health insurers and laboratory ...

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The Food and Drug Administration says some laboratory developed tests are unreliable and potentially hurt patients. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post) The Food and Drug Administration on ...

Momoko Osuga is a medical laboratory technologist with a specialty in hematology, which is the study of blood and its components. She is one of the many laboratory professionals that play an important ...