Influenza is a common disease that occurs in yearly epidemics throughout the world. Although the majority of infected individuals will exhibit a self-limited acute febrile illness or remain ...
The FDA has finalized its regulatory rule that aims to bring laboratory-developed tests more in-line with how the agency oversees other diagnostics. At its heart, the 528-page final rule (PDF) looks ...
Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...
According to one study, a delay in receiving lab results leads to a delay in care 24% of the time. When dealing with infectious diseases, a delay in care means patients may be prescribed the wrong ...
Laboratory and diagnostics companies are urging Congress to halt Medicare reimbursement cuts for hundreds of clinical tests set to take effect Jan. 31. CMS plans to implement up to 15% reductions to ...
Diagnostic test developers, including clinical laboratories, responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with inspiring creativity to meet patient testing needs. These developers found unique ways to enable ...
The Defense Health Agency has extended a pilot program that covers many now-common laboratory genetic tests and added five more to improve diagnostics and care for patients with breast, blood and ...
FDA expands labels for Roche's PATHWAY HER2 (4B5) test* and VENTANA HER2 Dual ISH DNA Probe Cocktail, which can now be used to identify HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer patients that could be ...
Instead of building bigger labs, this startup shrank diagnostics into a handheld device designed for villages, clinics, and ...
The DoD’s premiere Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory (FADL) protects U.S. Service Members and their Families by ensuring food safety, food fitness for consumption, and contractual compliance ...
There are several lab tests for hemophilia. However, the main tests detect the clotting activity of factors VIII and IX, which are proteins in the blood. Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which an ...