New Billboards Mark AHF’s 50 Country Milestone, Promote Easy Testing

AHF launched a new national billboard and outdoor advertising campaign, “50 Countries – 2.7 Million in Care,” which celebrates a historic AHF milestone: reaching operations in 50 countries worldwide, ...

Cervical cancer screening just got easier. A doctor explains why this change matters

Cervical cancer usually does not cause symptoms until it is advanced. A new guideline makes it easier to detect when precancerous changes are already developing.
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I hate getting Pap smears. Is there a safe alternative?

You may have heard about HPV testing and self-swabbing to collect the sample. Does that work as well? Here are the ins and ...
Interesting Engineering

New 15-minute hepatitis C test cuts diagnosis time by 75% to improve treatment access

Northwestern scientists unveil a 15-minute hepatitis C test, offering same-day diagnosis and faster treatment.

Sexual health service 'risked contamination'

Inspectors found a city's sexual health service could have placed people at risk by leaving test swabs uncovered and "open to ...

Roche launches new PCR test to help improve diagnostic accuracy for women affected by vaginitis in countries following the CE Mark

The new PCR test aids in the diagnosis of infectious causes of vaginitis through the detection of bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis and yeast associated with candida vaginitis. The test ...
InsideNoVa

Self-Swab HPV Tests Now Supported for Cervical Cancer Screening

New guidelines now allow self-swab HPV testing, including one test that can be done at home and mailed in. HPV self-collected screening is recommended every 3 years ...
360Dx

Swiss Dx Firm Testmate Health Leverages Intermountain Partnership to Increase STI Test Access

The company is developing a noninvasive urine-based test for sexually transmitted infections including chlamydia and gonorrhea.
GEN

CRISPR Mouth-Swab Test Could Transform Tuberculosis Screening

More than 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year, yet about 40% go undiagnosed. The main culprit is reliance on sputum-based testing, which many patients—particularly those who are ...

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd: Roche launches new PCR test to help improve diagnostic accuracy for women affected by vaginitis in countries following the CE Mark

The new PCR test aids in the diagnosis of infectious causes of vaginitis through the detection of bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis and yeast associated with candida vaginitis. The test wil ...
Business Wire

Veracyte Completes NIGHTINGALE Clinical Utility Trial Enrollment for Percepta Nasal Swab Lung Cancer Test

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), a leading cancer diagnostics company, today announced it has met its targeted enrollment for the NIGHTINGALE trial, which ...
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How Michigan’s oral swab test could change drug-impaired driving enforcement

DETROIT – For decades, people suspected of driving drunk have had to take a breathalyzer. Now, a Michigan lawmaker wants to make it easier to test for drugs. An oral fluid screening could be the ...