For people with suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the emergency department (ED), routine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing on lower respiratory tract samples led to faster and more ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — When you head to the doctor's office, some of our local clinics now have a special test that can tell if you have a viral or bacterial infection in just 15 minutes. Physician's ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Syndromic PCR panels may incorrectly indicate a child with rash has measles if they recently received an MMR ...

With Covid-19 cases up across the country, many people are once again relying on home tests to guide decisions about going to work and sending their kids to school and other activities. A lot of those ...

PCR is a mainstay in diagnostics, but whether a sample is collected at a clinic or at home, such tests require sending a sample to a lab and then waiting for results. A new FDA authorized ...

Arthropod-borne diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria (caused by Plasmodium spp.), and Zika are endemic and re-emerging infections in tropical and subtropical regions. During heavy monsoon ...

Molecular tests are far superior to rapid antigen tests—and now you can get them for home use. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation.

First developed more than four decades ago as a biological research technique to amplify nucleic acids, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology still has untapped potential, with many exciting ...

Patients in rural communities often lack timely access to innovative infectious disease testing because diagnostic laboratories are located far away. Long transport times and logistical barriers delay ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific TMO recently introduced the Thermo Scientific SureTect Beverage Spoilage Multiplex qPCR assay. The assay is an industry-first all-in-one quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction ...

Over the past four years, many of us have become accustomed to a swab up the nose to test for COVID-19, using at-home rapid antigen tests or the more accurate clinic-provided PCR tests with a longer ...