Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Increasing numbers of Powassan virus cases have led to a greater need to monitor and track the disease. However, testing has been ...

Waiting is the hardest part. Especially in the case of testing for water or food contamination, which can take days or even a week in some cases for the results, leaving the possibility that people ...

Researchers at UMass Amherst have developed a new, more accurate test method for detecting a life-threatening tick-borne virus that is increasing in prevalence in Massachusetts, according to the ...

Air and surface testing in live poultry markets detects dangerous viruses earlier than testing birds alone, improving ...

Researchers have come up with a new, more accurate method for detecting in ticks the emerging Powassan virus, which can cause life-threatening neuroinvasive disease, including encephalitis and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

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A new method that can rapidly determine whether a virus is infectious or non-infectious could revolutionize the response to future pandemics. Dr. Samuel Jones from Birmingham's School of Chemistry led ...

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The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

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