Experts in the health sector have described the move by the federal government to convert the over 300 GeneXpert machines, hitherto, used for the diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, for ...

Rutgers researchers are testing a new, much faster COVID-19 test that could revolutionize the way medical personnel test for the coronavirus. If all goes well, the test could be completed in about 45 ...

PHOENIX - Officials with Vallywise Health say they acquired a new testing system that they say can detect COVID-19 in about 45 minutes or less. In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, officials ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued emergency authorization Saturday for a novel coronavirus ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving much more quickly to grant special ’emergency use authorization’ to equipment and tests that could help increase testing for the novel coronavirus ...

Cepheid announced today that it has received FDA clearance for Xpert GI Panel, a multiplex PCR test designed to provide fast ...

The Xpert GI Panel identifies pathogens directly from stool specimens collected in Cary-Blair transport media.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) continues to emphasise the critically important role testing plays in curbing the rampaging spread of the pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19). It describes testing as a ...