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High-risk patients with COVID symptoms should use PCR rather than rapid tests, study suggests
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 16 hours agoStudy findings that reveal a sensitivity of 47% for COVID-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) compared...
New Brunswick mulls future of COVID-19 rapid tests, as virus kills 2, hospitalizes child under 4
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNew Brunswick is mulling the future of its COVID-19 rapid point-of-care testing program, as the...
This San Diego maker of COVID-19 tests is laying off half its workforce
U-T San Diego· 10 hours agoCue Health, a San Diego biotech that ascended during the pandemic through mega funding and...
Hospitals ‘just not ready’ for an avian flu outbreak
Politico via Yahoo News· 33 minutes agoDisease surveillance is ahead of where it was early in the Covid pandemic. Monitoring the changes in spread through animal populations — as well as decades of experience tracking ...
Heroin testing could 'save lives' after North Devon drug deaths
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days ago'A lot of unknowns' The rapid response test strips, which operate in a similar fashion to a Covid ...
International study compares rapid antigen tests and highlights poor performance in some
Medical Xpress· 17 hours agoOut of the total 26 RATs compared, only six were found to be effective at detecting the lowest...
ADLM releases guidance to help healthcare professionals navigate respiratory virus testing in a...
FOX 23 News Albany· 15 hours agoThe Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC) has issued a new guidance document that provides expert recommendations on fundamental areas of clinical testing for ...
Reasons to Retain Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Stock for Now
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 19 hours agoIn 2024, Quest Diagnostics is set to launch its first MRD test to physicians following the...
ESCMID Global Panelists Underscore Role of Rapid Dx Testing in Antimicrobial Resistance Battle
GenomeWeb News· 3 days agoJointly sponsored by the UK government and the Wellcome Trust, that report was published in May 2016. Among its several main findings and recommendations, which have since been widely disseminated ...
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney ‘alarmed’ at bird flu spread, calls on federal agencies to do more to ensure...
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 15 hours ago“I am alarmed by reports about the rapid spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1), and concerned that...
