March 22, 2021

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.

March 9, 2021

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.

March 1, 2021

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.

February 10, 2021

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

February 3, 2021

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.

January 19, 2021

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.

January 13, 2021

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.

January 7, 2021

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?

January 4, 2021

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.

December 21, 2020

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.

November 23, 2020

ARUP announced the availability to clients nationwide of a combined test to detect and differentiate COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

September 11, 2020

ARUP Laboratories now offers testing to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 using saliva specimens. The molecular diagnostic test is available with preapproval to ARUP clients nationwide.