NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted clinical laboratory staff and health care providers that false reactivity, or “false-positive”,...

For those who live in an area blighted by ticks, the threat of Lyme disease can cast a shadow over the joy of spring and summer. These blood-sucking arachnids can transmit bacteria into the bloodstream...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting clinical laboratory staff and health care providers of an increased risk of a false positive result using BD SARS-CoV-2 Reagents for the BD Max System...

In this podcast, which is a short segment from a comprehensive interview about sepsis I had with infectious disease physician, Steven LaRosa, MD this past weekend on the radio show, I pulled out an interesting...

The Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) test is one of the available screening tests for syphilis. The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) is another available screening test. In the RPR, the laboratory...