A judge denied a defense request to dismiss the Faith Hedgepeth murder case over a lost blood sample, but called the missing ...

Researchers at the University of Wyoming are designing a higher-accuracy flu test that has undergone preliminary human ...

Over the squelching and sloshing of waders and the eggy smell of shallow wetland waters, Matt Allender bent down and caught something in his hand. He raised it triumphantly. “Found a turtle!” It’s a ...

Swab, scoop or smear: at-home gut microbiome test kits promise to read the ecosystem inside your gut and tell you what to eat or which supplements to buy. But can you trust the numbers that come back?

Mumbai: Less than three months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended tongue swabs to detect tuberculosis (TB), a portable molecular test validated in India may help bring faster and ...

The Maharashtra health department on Tuesday decided to send eight samples of poultry workers in Nandurbar district to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) for human avian flu testing, an official ...

Eight poultry workers in Maharashtra’s bird flu-hit Nandurbar district will have their samples sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune for avian influenza testing, a health official ...

A new non-invasive tongue swab test for tuberculosis (TB) could mark a major breakthrough in the global fight against one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases. Researchers evaluating the ...

In a recent prospective study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers discuss the accuracy and usability of the MiniDock MTB. This portable device accurately diagnoses pulmonary ...

BREAKTHROUGH portable tuberculosis test using simple swabs has demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy across multiple countries in a large cross-sectional study. The MiniDock MTB met World Health ...