Celebrating Women’s History Month

By CristinaProduct Launch LeadTest Development and Integration In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, I would like to share the profile of a scientist who has inspired me recently. Someone that represents the value that women – women of color and women in STEM – contribute to society despite the innumerable challenges. […]

Vaccines alone won’t end Covid. Biden’s new testing strategy could help finish the job.

Politico The administration wants to shift focus from diagnosing people who suspect they’re infected to regularly screening millions of Americans at school or work. The Biden administration is trying to transform the United States’ Covid-19 testing system — shifting focus from diagnosing people who suspect they’re infected to regularly screening millions of Americans at school […]

Caring for Your Kidneys

March is National Kidney Month, a time to raise awareness about kidney disease. What are the kidneys and what do they do? Kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, located near the middle of the back, just below the rib cage. Kidneys are a filtering system, which filter about 200 quarts of blood each day. They remove […]

A Call to Raise Awareness on Colorectal Cancer

Apart from skin cancer, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S. for both men and women. With well over an estimate of 100,000 new cases for colon, and over 45,000 new cases for rectal cancer.* March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month – an opportunity to educate about colon and rectum […]

BioDiversity & Inclusion: myPerspective – Black History Month

By Patrick, Sr. Sales Director BioReference is proud to introduce BioDiversity & Inclusion: myPerspective, featuring inspiring stories contributed by our employees. This month we celebrate Black History Month with a story about Dr. Ernest Everett Just, by Patrick. Impactful contributions by African-Americans are extremely vast, especially in the field of diagnostic medicine and science. There […]

State fares poorly on Covid safety in nationwide Wallethub study

Crain’s New York Business – Health Pulse Plus: Oscar launches IPO that could be worth $1.1B AdvantageCare opens Flushing gastroenterology office BioReference, New York Forward partner to offer more rapid tests In assessing Covid-19 vaccination, testing, hospitalization, death and transmission rates, New York came in 49th out of all the states and Washington, D.C., according […]

Covid-19 Tests Take Priority as New York City Arenas Seek Normalcy

Wall Street Journal Barclays Center, Madison Square Garden to welcome back fans this week—under capacity limits and as long as the spectators test negative When fans head to the Barclays Center on Tuesday, they will be entering a space where everyone around them, from NBA players to security guards, has tested negative for Covid-19. It […]

The Lab Powering Pandemic Sports

Axios BioReference Laboratories, Inc. has been a key cog in the sports-amid-a-pandemic machine, providing tailor-made, COVID-19 testing solutions for most major American sports leagues. What to know: Founded in 1981 and owned by parent company OPKO Health, BioReference is one of the largest full-service, specialty laboratories in the U.S., averaging 50-60,000 PCR tests per day. The […]

New York State Partners with BioReference Laboratories to Spearhead the NY Forward COVID-19 Rapid Test Program to Help Reopen the New York Economy

Locations now open in NYC with more to follow across the State  NEW YORK CITY, February 22, 2021 – BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ:OPK), announced its participation in the NY Forward Rapid Testing Program and opened eight locations offering COVID-19 rapid testing around New York. This program is designed to provide New Yorkers, and those visiting, with inexpensive and rapid COVID-19 testing.  NY Forward is a collaboration with The Empire State Development Corporation, The Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the […]

BioReference Laboratories Capitalizes on Increasing Demand for Rapid POC SARS-CoV-2 Tests

360Dx NEW YORK – On Opko’s conference call to discuss its fourth quarter earnings results, subsidiary BioReference Laboratories emphasized the demand it has seen for rapid point-of-care tests for SARS-CoV-2 as the pandemic rages on.  BioReference Executive Chairman Jon Cohen said on the call that the laboratory has performed 100,000 rapid SARS-CoV-2 tests to date, adding that […]