Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Potential COVID-19 test delivers results in less than 10 minutes

As COVID-19 cases spike, the need for faster, more accessible testing is clear. Due to limited availability, many patients with symptoms—and their physicians—are left wondering whether they have the virus. Even when patients ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

More COVID-19 tests arrive, but bottlenecks persist

(HealthDay)—U.S. pathology labs are now awash in COVID-19 tests, with more than two dozen rapid tests on the market thanks to expedited approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, infectious disease experts say.

Medical research

On the front lines of developing a test for the coronavirus

"That escalated quickly!" is a common trope used in popular culture to describe when a situation gets out of hand before you've even had a chance to think about it. We don't often use this trope in medicine, but I can think ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Visitors tiptoe through the tulips in Dutch virus test

Finally, after bleak winter months of a coronavirus lockdown, springtime shoots of hope emerged Friday as restrictions were relaxed at a Dutch flower garden and other public venues.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Rapid Covid tests sell out in Germany on first day

Germans flocked to supermarket chain Aldi on Saturday to snap up the first rapid coronavirus tests to go on sale nationwide, with stocks selling out within hours.

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