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 ...

How access to new hepatitis C test could come down to insurance reimbursement

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a rapid test that quickly detects hepatitis C, but insurance ...
Santa Monica Daily Press

California inspectors find ‘deficiencies’ at virus test lab

Inspectors found “significant deficiencies” at California’s new coronavirus testing laboratory, problems that state officials on Monday partly blamed on the rapid ramp-up they required from the lab’s ...
Yale Environment 360

Screen saver: Simpler, less costly virus testing in high-risk settings

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.
News Medical

Simpler virus testing approach could reduce unnecessary PCR tests in high-risk settings

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.