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The omicron variant is deepening severe staffing shortages in medical laboratories across the US

  • Written by Rodney E. Rohde, Regents' Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
imageThousands of physicians throughout the U.S. rely daily on the critical data provided to them by medical labs.xavierarnau/E+ via Getty Images

Medical laboratory professionals form the backbone of health care and the public health system. They conduct some 13 billion laboratory medicine tests annually in the U.S. As of January 2022, these individuals...

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