Routine use of rapid respiratory virus testing in the emergency department (ED) appears to show limited benefit among patients with signs and symptoms of acute respiratory infection (ARI), according ...

The question quickly arose whether existing rapid antigen tests could detect newly emerging variants. Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the ...

A rapid, highly accurate test has been developed for diagnosing hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to a study published online Dec. 10 in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Jennifer L. Reed, M.D., ...

(RTTNews) - OraSure Technologies, Inc. (OSUR), a medical device company, on Monday announced that it has secured funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced ...

Welcome to what some experts say is the country’s second largest COVID wave since the start of the pandemic. In the past few weeks, there’s been a striking increase in new cases, hospitalizations, and ...

A new method that can rapidly determine whether a virus is infectious or non-infectious could revolutionize the response to future pandemics. Called FAIRY (Fluorescence Assay for vIRal IntegritY), the ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Tuesday allowed emergency use of the first rapid coronavirus test that can be performed entirely at home and delivers results in 30 minutes. The announcement by the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are alerting doctors to a potential accuracy problem with a rapid test for COVID-19 used at thousands of hospitals, clinics and testing sites across the U.S.

Chula researchers have developed a remarkable wireless hepatitis B virus test kit to screen for infection and collect data for an online database that's fast and complete in one step. Industrial ...

OraSure (OSUR) Technologies received an award through the Rapid Response Partnership Vehicle for the development of a Marburg Virus Disease rapid antigen test. The RRPV is a Consortium funded by the ...