Lab Tests Online was among this year’s recipients of the 2008 Communicators Awards, the largest and most competitive awards program honoring the creative excellence for communications professionals.

The Portuguese Society of Clinical Chemistry (SPQC) has agreed to develop a Portuguese version of Lab Tests Online, expanding the number of Lab Tests Online sites to eleven.

Two more laboratory organizations have agreed to collaborate on the development of Lab Tests Online.

Representatives from the European Commission voiced their support for Lab Tests Online at a ceremony to formally acknowledge the six European versions of the site.

The Health Improvement Institute (HII) announced that Lab Tests Online had won its Award of Excellence for health-related websites.

Two new versions of Lab Tests Online launched in the last two weeks, marking a successful end to a year of global expansion for the award-winning patient education site.

Lab Tests Online-Australia was launched earlier this month by the site’s producer, the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (AACB), and the federal health minister, Tony Abbott.

Lab Tests Online-PL launched in Poland, becoming the third translation of the award-winning site to launch in the last three months.

The Spanish Society of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Pathology (SEQC) has launched Lab Tests Online-ES, a Spanish language version of Lab Tests Online.

Dorland Healthcare Information has designated Lab Tests Online as one of the best healthcare websites, and is including the site in its just-launched Dorland’s Healthcare Website Guide.