Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Germany plans free antigen tests for all from March

Germany is to offer free COVID-19 antigen tests for all from March, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Tuesday, as the country cautiously began allowing some children to return to schools.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New COVID-19 technology to deliver faster, more accurate test results

The latest research from Murdoch University and the Perron Institute is paving the way for the development of a new technological screening platform that will rapidly and accurately detect COVID-19, without compromising quality.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Before test results, signs of COVID-19 are in water systems

Before a community hospital is stretched thin with COVID-19-patients, even before antigen tests—no matter how rapid—return results, there is one place that may be able to capture the number of COVID-19 infections in a ...

Medications

WHO calls for ban on 'unreliable' TB blood tests

The World Health Organisation warned on Wednesday that millions of blood tests conducted every year to diagnose tuberculosis are unreliable and putting patients' lives in danger.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Test-to-stay program safe for facilitating in-person learning

(HealthDay)—A statewide test-to-stay (TTS) program involving daily rapid antigen testing is safe and can maximize in-person learning during the pandemic, according to a study published online Feb. 8 in Pediatrics.

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