Cumberland County recently amended a contract its forensic lab has with the State Department of Corrections to do drugs tests on evidence collected during inmate searches.

Rapid test for flu and other respiratory ailments makes it easy to avoid long queues, showcases Chinese economy's consumption ...

The recommendation comes after the first at-home test, a self-swab, received federal approval earlier this year. By Nina Agrawal An accessible alternative to the Pap smear has been endorsed by the ...

The American Cancer Society is endorsing the use of self-swab kits to test for HPV, because they may reduce barriers to cervical cancer screening. The amended guidelines will "help improve compliance ...

Despite of the global unity against COVID-19 pandemic, the threat of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the lives of human being is still not over. SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has urged the need of rapid viral detection ...

Previously available only to road policing officers, training on using Drug Wipe – a mouth swab drug detection kit – is being piloted with officers in East Ayrshire and North Aberdeenshire . Police ...

Tuberculosis remains a leading global health challenge, but sputum testing—the current diagnostic standard—is difficult for many patients, especially children and people living with HIV. Researchers ...

Tulane University researchers have developed an enhanced CRISPR-based tuberculosis test that works with a simple tongue swab, a potential breakthrough that could allow easier, community-based ...

More than 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year, yet about 40% go undiagnosed. The main culprit is reliance on sputum-based testing, which many patients—particularly those who are ...

PASADENA, Calif. & RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OmniPathology, a U.S.-based advanced molecular diagnostics laboratory, today announced a new international collaboration with Delta Medical ...