Northwestern’s 15-minute test cuts that time by up to 75%. The improvement could shift how clinics manage HCV, especially in low-resource settings where follow-up rates remain low. Researchers argue ...

When you start to feel sick, it can be hard to tell which respiratory virus you’ve been hit with. The flu and COVID share a ...

To develop the new rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for HCV, the scientists used the DASH® (Diagnostic Analyzer for ...

To develop the new rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for HCV, the scientists used the DASH® (Diagnostic Analyzer for Specific Hybridization)PCR platform, which was originally developed at ...

The Medical Device Authority (MDA) has not registered any influenza self-test kits so far because most of them detect the presence of the virus using saliva samples.

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) Tribal Health is closely monitoring a rapid increase in ...

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An "acute respiratory incident" is defined for a school as two or more cases occurring among pupils within a five-day period.

It's once again the time of year for an uptick in illnesses such as colds, the flu, COVID and RSV. Here are the signs and ...

SARS‑CoV‑2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to mutate, with some newer strains becoming less responsive to current ...

Doctors have documented a rare case of a health worker catching H3N2 flu and then COVID-19 11 days later, just as H3N2 ...