Colorectal cancer screening rates jumped by more than 1,000% when Penn researchers sent take-at-home tests to patients overdue for testing instead of the oft-standard text message reminder.
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With BARDA funding, Visby will advance a next-generation device to detect flu and/or covid-19 in one hand-held rapid PCR test for use at the point-of-need and eventually in consumers’ homes as an over-the-counter test.
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WHO’s yearly essential diagnostics list offers recommended in vitro diagnostics that should be available at point-of-care and in laboratories in all countries to increase timely and life-saving diagnoses.
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A study from the CDC found that BinaxNOW catches most infectious cases but may miss nearly two-thirds of covid-19 infections in people without symptoms.
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The UT Dallas researchers’ sensor is a portable device that monitors a panel of five immune biomarkers using only a single drop of blood plasma, making a sepsis diagnosis available within minutes.
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