Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition
By Landon Gray
Labcorp will start testing for monkeypox using the CDC’s orthopoxvirus test, the CDC said.
Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services expanded monkeypox testing capabilities to five commercial laboratory companies—Aegis Science, Labcorp, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Quest Diagnostics and Sonic Healthcare. Following the expansion, the CDC shipped the orthopoxvirus tests to these