Hologic, Inc. announced on Feb. 1 that it has entered into a multi-year strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to augment the screening of cervical cancer by the integration of Google Cloud’s … [Read more...]
Informatics
Hologic Partners with Google Cloud to Enhance Cervical Cancer Screening
February 21, 2021
FDA
FDA Clears the Way for Over-the-Counter Sale of COVID-19 Home Test Kits
February 19, 2021
Since the pandemic began, the FDA has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for more than 250 COVID-19 diagnostic tests. Among these, nearly 30 have received clearance for at-home collection; a … [Read more...]
Special Focus
CBC Scoring of COVID-19 Inpatients May Help Hospitals Save Lives and Preserve Precious Treatment Resources
January 30, 2021
Early detection and early intervention have the potential to improve the prospects of recovery and positive outcomes for a broad range of diseases, including coronavirus. And now researchers in Europe … [Read more...]
FDA
FDA Clears the Way for Over-the-Counter Sale of COVID-19 Home Test Kits
January 30, 2021
Since the pandemic began, the FDA has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for more than 250 COVID-19 diagnostic tests. Among these, 25 have received clearance for at-home collection; a couple … [Read more...]
Emerging Tests
New Collaboration Seeks to Develop Handheld Breathalyzer Test for COVID-19
January 6, 2021
A handheld, easy-to-use breathalyzer device capable of accurately detecting COVID-19 at the point of care would represent a major breakthrough in the effort to contain the spread of the virus. That … [Read more...]
Innovation
New Artificial Intelligence-Based Risk Score May Help Avoid Unnecessary COVID-19 Hospitalizations
November 24, 2020
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a diagnostic tool that uses artificial intelligence to generate a score to assess the prognosis of individual patients diagnosed with … [Read more...]
Emerging Tests
Qiagen Launches Portable COVID-19 Antigen Digital Testing Hub
November 24, 2020
The rapid evolution of COVID-19 testing in response to the need for speed and mobility continues. One notable development on the antigen testing front is Qiagen’s U.S. rollout of a portable digital … [Read more...]
DTC
Research Supports Viability of Using Health Data from Consumer Wearables to Diagnose COVID-19
November 24, 2020
That Fitbit, smartwatch or other device that many of us wear around our wrist to count our steps, calories burned and other fitness metrics on a daily basis may prove to be an ideal tool for … [Read more...]
Business Trends
Labs Partner with Airlines to Offer COVID-19 Testing to Travelers
November 17, 2020
civCOVID-19 has greatly complicated air travel from country to country and even state to state. While entrance rules vary from place to place, a number of jurisdictions are allowing travelers to avoid … [Read more...]
Point of Care
New Low-Cost Sensor Offers Promising Test for Rapid, At Home COVID-19 Testing
November 2, 2020
Laboratory companies and scientists are working furiously to produce the rapid, point of care testing technology needed to prevent asymptomatic people from spreading SARS-CoV-2. And in a promising new … [Read more...]
