Doctors address the pros and cons of Health Resources and Services Administration’s new guidance, including at-home self-collection for cervical cancer screening.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term "Polymerase Chain Reaction testing" into the mainstream. The PCR method is a type of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) that detects a pathogen by finding ...

State officials are now classifying the number of bird flu cases in Maryland as an outbreak. That puts poultry growers on the Eastern Shore at risk, ...

During the pandemic, the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaiʻi charged island taxpayers premium prices for Covid tests – up to $166 per test – as millions of public dollars flowed to the nonprofit’s ...

New research has found that at-home gut microbiome tests lack standardization, resulting in different results from the same ...

While researchers gain new insights into the transmission of Buruli ulcer in Australia, public health specialists in Africa are working to engage traditional healers. Sophie Cousins reports.

The FDA has cleared a multiplex polymerase chain reaction test designed to detect 11 clinically relevant gastrointestinal pathogens from a single stool sample.The Xpert GI Panel (Cepheid) can identify ...

As people age, it becomes harder to know who is on track for healthy years ahead and who may be at higher risk for serious ...

With at least 23 measles cases reported in North Carolina since December, critical public health decisions begin inside the ...

In 1983, a biochemist driving through California had an insight that would transform biology — a moment he later linked to ...

The system is intended for use in urgent care clinics, primary care settings, physician office laboratories, and pharmacies.

A Viral Research and Diagnostic Lab (VRDL) has started functioning at the Ernakulam Medical College Hospital (MCH) and is gearing up for its formal inauguration. Founded and funded by the Indian ...