Visby Engages Quest and Labcorp to Broaden Consumer Access to First At-Home, FDA-Authorized PCR Test for STIs

Today, Visby Medical announced two new relationships that will expand national access to the Visby Women’s Sexual Health Test ...
STAT

PCR testing can help clarify confusion over Covid-19 rebound and isolation

This decision, well within current norms for care, was nonetheless consequential: The president was forced to cancel a trip to advocate for legislation in support of the domestic semiconductor ...
Time

What’s the Point of PCR Tests Anymore?

If you had COVID-19 symptoms in 2020, you probably would have masked up and braved a visit to a laboratory, doctor’s office, or clinic to get a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. A health care ...
Business Wire

Neelyx Labs announces immediate capacity for rapid monkeypox PCR testing

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amid rising concerns about a lack of testing to stop the spread of the monkeypox virus, Neelyx Labs, an independent diagnostics firm based in the Chicago area, announced they ...
Medscape

Point-Of-Care Test Enhances STI Care in Emergency Department

Point-of-care testing for common sexually transmitted infections may reduce overuse of antibiotics and improve emergency ...
UPI

Scientists devise lab-quality PCR test for COVID-19 for doctors, pharmacies

July 25 (UPI) --Scientists at Columbia University unveiled research Monday they said is "a step closer" toward bringing polymerase chain reaction, known as PCR, testing for COVID-19 and other viruses ...
News Medical

Simpler virus testing approach could reduce unnecessary PCR tests in high-risk settings

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.
CNN

When you should take a PCR vs. a rapid antigen test

A PCR test is often considered the gold standard for detecting coronavirus infection. It’s the test some employers want employees to take before returning to work after having Covid-19, and the one ...
Healio

PCR testing for congenital CMV produces ‘delightfully surprising’ results

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . University CMV testing among newborns is not common. In Minnesota, the first state with universal CMV testing, a ...