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.
A year after some of the first COVID-19 cases were detected in the United States, an expert close to both the lab and the clinical response to the pandemic reflects on some
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.
Thanks to new intelligent tracking technology, ARUP clients now have access to a new digital tool to more accurately predict when COVID-19 test results will be available.
In 2020, medical professionals visited the ARUP Institute for Learning (IFL) education website in record number to complete their continuing education (CE).
Diagnostic laboratory testing remains important for detecting active COVID-19 infection in vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated individuals.
In keeping with its commitment to environmental stewardship, ARUP Laboratories is working with Wasatch Resource Recovery (
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.
ARUP Laboratories’ medical directors were involved in the publication of more than 115 peer-reviewed articles in academic journals in 2020.
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.
The career growth spotlight series shows the myriad career paths possible at ARUP, inside and outside more than 65 laboratories and in more than 180 departments.
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.