Residents of a Dutch town filed into a sports hall Wednesday to take part in the country’s first mass coronavirus testing program, which aims to find out more about the spread of a new more
Dutch hold mass coronavirus testing amid new variant fears
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Modeling tool helps organizations build tailored COVID-19 testing
Warehouses, manufacturing floors, offices, schools—organizations of all kinds have had to change their operations to adapt to life in a pandemic. By now, there is confidence in some ways to help mitigate COVID-19 spread: contact
Point of care testing can improve the detection and treatment of influenza
Southampton-led research has shown that implementing point-of-care testing in hospitals to diagnose influenza can lead to better treatment and faster recovery for patients. The researchers are now calling for routine use of these tests to
More mass testing in China after 137 virus cases in Xinjiang
Chinese officials were racing Sunday to smother a fresh coronavirus outbreak in the country’s far northwest after 137 new infections were discovered. Mass testing began Saturday evening to cover 4.75 million residents in and around
Rapid bedside testing is faster than standard centralised PCR testing for COVID-19
Point-of-care-testing for suspected COVID-19 reduces time to results and may improve infection control, suggesting these tests might have clinical advantages over widely used laboratory PCR methods. An interventional study tracking SARS-CoV-2 testing on admission to
Novel testing platform designed for breast cancer cells
A Purdue University team has developed a novel testing platform to evaluate how breast cancer cells respond to the recurrent stretching that occurs in the lungs during breathing. The technology is designed to better understand
UK-wide study shows children with gastrointestinal symptoms should be included in COVID-19 testing strategies
Over 1,000 children from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales, known as “COVID Warriors” have had their antibodies measured in the UK-wide trial called “Seroprevalence of SARS-Cov-2 infection in healthy children.” The findings have been
What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other institutions recently published a study which estimated that the true number of people infected by COVID-19 could be six to 24 times higher than
Italians question merits of virus testing
Testing is being held up as the world’s best bet for ending the economically crippling—and emotionally draining—coronavirus lockdown. But some doctors at the Italian epicentre of the health crisis doubt that countries can test their
Cannabidiol-derived drugs and genetic testing provide hope for ‘intractable’ epilepsy in children
It can start with a vacant stare, what appear to be muscle twitches or a full-blown seizure. But no matter how it begins, any time a child is diagnosed with epilepsy is often a frightening