Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Are at-home STD test kits reliable?

Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a public health crisis.

Biomedical technology

Experts urge action on medical test kit waste

Spiraling use of throwaway medical testing kits is driving a major environmental impact that must be urgently addressed, experts say. Their research is published in the journal Lab on a Chip.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO identifying potential pandemic pathogens

The World Health Organization said on Monday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and should be kept under close observation.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19's lessons for future pandemics

As SARS-CoV-2 seems to settle into the background of our lives, transitioning from an unprecedented crisis to a routine threat alongside influenza and other, more familiar viruses, scientists have begun to turn their attention ...

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