Mayo Clinic Laboratories launches monkeypox test to increase access, availability

ROCHESTER, Minn.  — Mayo Clinic Laboratories can now test for monkeypox, a rare viral infection, using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) orthopoxvirus test kit. This announcement comes shortly after the Department of Health and Human Services' news release naming Mayo Clinic Laboratories as a c rucial resource to address monkeypox testing access in communities throughout the country. "Our teams have worked collaboratively with the CDC to validate this test to provide patients with accurate…
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