Inside a Theranos Wellness Center at a Walgreens store in Scottsdale, Ariz., in February 2015. (Michael Chow/The Republic)Elizabeth Holmes, the embattled founder and chief executive of Theranos, said late Wednesday that the company will close its clinical labs and Walgreens testing centers. In June, Walgreens said it had terminated its partnership with the blood testing start-up effective immediately. Theranos chief executive Elizabeth Holmes gestures as she speaks at a Wall Street Journal technology conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., in October 2015. Like our Health & Wellness page on Facebook for more news about the ins and outs of the human body and mind, essays and advice.

Source: Washington Post October 06, 2016 01:53 UTC