The company said that by the end of June it would have made available more than 500,000 kits, which allow individuals to self-collect nasal samples at home.
Replacing nasopharyngeal swabs with saliva samples or nasal swabs could increase throughput and convenience, as well as relieve reagent and equipment shortages.
The company has said it expects to be able to perform roughly 10,000 tests a day by the end of this week and roughly 20,000 tests per day by the end of March.
In announcing a national emergency on Friday, Trump paraded out executives from the private sector as the administration tries to increase testing capacity
LabCorp's test is being made available pursuant to FDA guidance that allows high-complexity, CLIA-certified labs to perform their own tests for SARS-CoV-2.
Following a lengthy discovery period, the lab is asking a South Carolina federal district court to find in its favor and decide that its negligence did not result in the death of Williams' son.
Rady's Children Hospital and San Diego County are teaming up to test pediatric patients and their families for COVID-19 to gauge the spread of the virus locally, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Wildlife managers aim to boost the genetic diversity of Mexican gray wolves by placing captive-born foster pups into packs with similarly aged wild pups, the Mercury News reports.
