People’s Pharmacy: It’s still the season. Rapid flu tests available without prescriptions at most pharmacies

A. There are now rapid flu tests available without a prescription in most pharmacies. Having such a test kit on hand is ...
IEEE

A Rapid, Pulsed Laser Testing Approach for Single Event Latch-Up Screening

Abstract: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has developed a custom pulsed laser single event effects testing facility utilizing a tunable wavelength (680–1080 nm), 140 fs, 80 MHz, Ti:sapphire laser.

A South Jersey man died after Penn doctors failed to diagnose him in time. A blood test could have saved his life

Each night, Louis-Hunter Kean spiked a fever as high as 104.5. He would sweat through bedsheets and shiver uncontrollably. By morning, his fever would ease but his body still ached; even his jaw hurt.
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Perspectives on App-Assisted Self-Testing Using Rapid Diagnostic Tests Among Community Members, Health Care Providers, and Public Health Leaders in Kenya, South Africa, and ...

Background: Self-testing using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), integrated with mobile phone–based apps, offers potential to improve health outcomes in low-resource settings, including sub-Saharan ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Promises a Ban on Animal Testing by 2035

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Trump administration to end the testing of chemicals on mammals. By Lisa Friedman The Environmental Protection Agency will ...
360dx

Cepheid Enters Rapid Syndromic Testing Space With FDA Clearance of GI Panel

NEW YORK – Danaher subsidiary Cepheid announced on Tuesday that its Xpert GI Panel test to simultaneously detect and distinguish 11 gastrointestinal pathogens has obtained 510(k) clearance from the US ...