A testing platform for African Swine Fever or ASF is showing promising results in an ongoing field implementation by Manila Healthtek Inc. Field implementation for the molecular-based testing platform ...

TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — The federal government is tapping the University of Arizona to help increase the state’s early warning and defense system against the New World screwworm. The U.S. Department ...

Seven months after an outbreak of botulism linked to ByHeart infant formula, investigations are still ongoing into how the ...

The toxin behind two outbreaks in seven months is hard to find—and just a handful of labs are equipped to look for it at all ...

The world's third-largest Ebola outbreak reached 1,176 confirmed cases and 306 deaths on Sunday as the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control prepares its next weekly epidemiological ...

Researchers analyzed more than 910,000 adults and found that SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a higher adjusted risk ...

AI-Enhanced Problem-Based Learning in Pathology Technology: An OBE-Driven Triadic Model of Clinical Problem, AI Validation, ...

Two dangerous viruses are back in the spotlight, reminding health officials how quickly infectious diseases can become serious threats. Hantavirus, often linked to rodents, can cause severe heart and ...

The technology removes colour, odour and contaminants from post-consumer plastic waste. Credit: ARMMY PICCA / Shutterstock.com. PureCycle Technologies is advancing food-contact post-consumer recycled ...

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method widely used to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly, allowing scientists to amplify a very small sample of DNA (or a ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo has improved its capacity for PCR testing. But it may not be enough to keep up with a rapidly expanding outbreak, and there are no approved rapid tests yet. In any ...

A PCR diagnostic developed by Roche for the Bundibugyo form of Ebola is being offered to health systems at the front lines of the current outbreak in central Africa. The diagnostics giant said it ...