Michigan has led the nation in making inroads with its farmers as it has worked to contain spread of H5N1 bird flu infections in dairy cows. Now the state’s health authorities are trying to do the ...

Description: Lectures and a laboratory experience in serology, including the preparation of antigen, flocculation tests for syphilis, heterophile antibody tests, creative proteins, RA test, FTA, ...

As more and more COVID-19 data are collected, the clearer our picture of the novel disease becomes. One of the most important pieces of the puzzle (though we stress that it is nevertheless only one ...

Maintaining consistent assay performance over time is critical for clinical laboratories. While assay performance characteristics may be clearly understood at the time of validation, variations can ...

The reopening phase of the coronavirus pandemic in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. cannot begin until mass testing is available. That’s what we keep hearing, anyway, from health experts, politicians, ...

Prenatal infections can increase the risk of serious health complications including miscarriage, organ damage, birth defect, or even death. Prevention of prenatal infection begins with taking ...

The FDA has approved a blood test that will determine whether a person has been infected by COVID-19, the agency said Thursday morning. “We’re going to announce today, our first approval of a serology ...

In January 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began considering the U.S. response to Covid-19. On February 4, after the declaration of a public health emergency, we began authorizing tests ...