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.

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 ...

It’s about co-creating science.” The event highlighted pathogen research discoveries and pandemic prevention efforts from ...