Flu Is Surging in the US. How Accurate Are At-Home Flu Tests?

A 2022 study estimates that at-home flu tests have a sensitivity of about 63% if the test is performed within 72 hours of ...

Costs pose hurdle for promising new hepatitis C lab test

A new rapid test for hepatitis C could help identify many more patients who could be cured of the deadly disease, but its use ...
Space.com

Rocket Lab launches hypersonic test flight for US military (photo)

Rocket Lab launched its hypersonic test vehicle for the sixth time ever this week. The HASTE suborbital rocket lifted off Tuesday (Nov. 18) at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 2 ...
Wall Street Journal

Hims & Hers Bets on Lab Testing to Boost Growth

Hims & Hers Health HIMS1.68%increase; green up pointing triangle is offering lab testing, part of the telehealth platform’s growing focus on preventive care. The company expects the new offering to ...
Newsweek

Hims & Hers Enters Direct-to-Consumer Lab Testing

Hims & Hers—the virtual care platform with about 2.5 million subscribers—will now offer laboratory testing through Quest Diagnostics. Customers will have access to more than 120 biomarker tests across ...
Daily Inter Lake

Direct-access lab testing service opens in Kalispell

Eric Gardner, owner of Any Lab Test Now in Kalispell. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Medical supplies at Kalispell's Any Lab Test Now. (Kate Heston/Daily Inter Lake) Eric Gardner, owner of Any Lab ...
Reuters

US FDA to roll back lab-developed test oversight rule following court decision

Sept 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will rescind a rule that tightened regulations for clinical laboratories and gave the agency more oversight of diagnostic tests developed by ...
Healthline

What Is an Inconclusive Result?

An inconclusive medical result refers to when the test’s outcome isn’t clearly positive or negative. In healthcare settings, this typically means that further testing or an alternative diagnostic tool ...
The New York Times

N.Y. Regulators Move to Fine Cannabis Testing Lab Over Safety Violations

The effort to penalize the facility, Lexachrom Analytical Laboratory, comes amid a state push to investigate testing irregularities in the weed industry. By Ashley Southall A cannabis testing lab in ...
Houston Chronicle

Texas House votes to overhaul STAAR, replace it with three shorter tests

A bill that will overhaul how Texas tests its public school students is headed to the governor's desk after passing through the House Wednesday evening. If signed, three new, shorter assessments taken ...
Fierce Healthcare

Corewell Health, Quest Diagnostics unveil lab testing joint venture

Corewell Health has signed on to a joint venture with Quest Diagnostics covering inpatient and outpatient lab management and the construction of a new 100,000-square-foot advanced lab facility. The ...