Researchers from the New York State Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center Laboratory and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed a new, more rapid and accurate test to...

The world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, Quest Diagnostics, today announced the availability of a new antibody test service that aids the diagnosis of infection with the...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced a $7 million contract with Orasure Technologies, Inc. of Bethlehem,...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today announced a $2.6 million agreement with DiaSorin Group, an Italy-based company...

The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (ITM) has developed a test that can confirm an infection with the Zika virus even after the acute infection phase. A correct diagnosis is especially important...

During a press conference Friday, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio broke ranks with his party and expressed his support for spending $1.9 billion to address the Zika virus issue; however, he stressed...

In response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Thursday issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Trioplex Real-time...

Zika virus. A topic that has dominated the news coverage, a topic in which the research is coming out at a rapid pace. On the Sunday, Mar. 13 airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio show, Columbia...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday that the  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for adiagnostic tool for Zika virus...

Collaboration between two Texas Medical Center institutions has resulted in today’s release of the country’s first hospital-based rapid tests for the Zika virus. Pathologists and clinical laboratory...