Commercial labs to begin monkeypox testing, CDC says

(The Hill) -- Labcorp, one of the largest commercial laboratory testing networks in the U.S., will begin testing for monkeypox on Wednesday as the recent outbreak continues to spread.Labcorp will begin conducting tests using orthopoxvirus tests from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Orthopoxvirus is the genus of viruses that includes pathogens like smallpox, cowpox and monkeypox.The CDC's tests detect all non-smallpox orthopoxviruses and Labcorp will eventually have the capac