Category: Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases

COVID-19 Testing Goes for the Gold at Tokyo Olympics

BioIQ has been approved to facilitate COVID-19 testing for athletes and staff entering Japan for the Tokyo Olympics.

Infectious Diseases

GT Molecular Launches PCR Tests for COVID-19 Delta Variant, Influenza A/B

GT Molecular has started shipping its sensitive PCR tests to monitor the coronavirus Delta variant (B.1.617.2) as well as testing and PCR kits for the detection of Influenza A and B.

Infectious Diseases

Phone Swabs Can Accurately Detect COVID-19

The new method, known as phone screen testing (PoST), detected the COVID-19 virus on the phones of 81% to 100% of contagious people with a high viral load, suggesting it is as accurate as antigen lateral flow tests.

Emerging & Zoonotic Diseases

How Better Diagnostics Technology Could Thwart Tomorrow’s Pandemics

Pandemic preparedness requires long-term investments in disease surveillance, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccine research.

Flu & Respiratory Infections

Testing Tool Can Quickly Distinguish Between Viral and Bacterial Infections

Researchers showed that their testing technology can accurately distinguish between a viral and a bacterial infection for respiratory illness and the test provided results in under an hour.

Gastrointestinal Infections

Prometheus’ Agreement with MultiPlan Expands Patient Access to Specialized GI Testing

The agreement will provide access to all Prometheus testing services to over 60 million members and one million healthcare providers in MultiPlan's provider networks.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

AI App Could Lead to More Accurate HIV Diagnoses

Technology developed by UCL and AHRI researchers could transform the ability to accurately interpret HIV test results.