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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- There's no running from it. Flu season is in full swing, but now medical experts say how you get tested for the flu may also be a problem. The most commonly used test, called ...

The rapid influenza detection tests (RIDTs) that physicians use in their office need to become more accurate to keep pace with mutating influenza bugs, according to the US Food and Drug Administration ...

December 19, 2011 — A new rapid test for diagnosing influenza types A and B — the first to offer a digital readout of results — has been granted a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) ...

HOUSTON, Nov. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As the holiday season approaches, gatherings among family and friends are expected to increase the risk of respiratory virus transmission, including COVID-19 and ...

If there was one thing we learned from COVID, it was the need for rapid, accurate, point-of-care testing to help contain the virus before it had spread silently to many others. It was years before we ...

Joint Commission Offers Free Course on Rapid Influenza Testing The Joint Commission has launched Strategies for Improving Rapid Influenza Testing in Ambulatory Settings, a free continuing education ...

A new program from eMed and the NIH offers free tests and treatments, and you don't even need to leave your home.

If it feels like everyone is getting the flu, you're not imagining it. This is shaping up to be another severe flu season. That's why it's important to take advantage of every tool we have to keep the ...

Recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (also known as bird flu) have created a need for rapid and sensitive detection methods to mitigate its spread. Now, researchers have developed a ...

If there was one thing we learned from COVID, it was the need for rapid, accurate, point-of-care testing to help contain the virus before it had spread silently to many others. It was years before we ...