Health tech company Vivoo has introduced an innovative at-home Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) test kit. The product, touted to deliver “gold standard accuracy results” within two minutes, aims to ...

Millions of times a year, Americans seek urgent treatment for painful, embarrassing urinary tract infections. But while they ...

A new smartphone-based test called smaRT-LAMP pairs an established infectious disease diagnosis method with an easy-to-use app. Image credit: Peter Allen and Brian Long, University of California, ...

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While clinical microbiology laboratories are pivotal in the identification and handling of infectious diseases, the microbiology lab environment is rapidly changing. Conventional testing methods are ...

The FDA is urging the public to throw away any pregnancy or ovulation tests manufactured by Universal Meditech, Inc.—a final step to remove the troubled company’s products from the market following ...

Millions of times a year, Americans seek urgent treatment for painful, embarrassing urinary tract infections. But while they ...

Urinary tract infections are one of the most common ailments women encounter, with at least 40 to 60 percent of them getting one during their lifetime, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Point-of-care urine dipstick demonstrated higher sensitivity (90.2%) and specificity (92.6%) than laboratory urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection (UTI) in febrile infants aged 2-6 months.

Doctors urgently need a fast and accurate test for diagnosing urinary tract infections (UTIs) to reduce overprescribing of antibiotics, according to health researchers. Dr Mar Pujades Rodriguez, from ...

Millions of laboratory urine tests are carried out each year for pregnant women, patients at risk of kidney failure, and people who think they may have urinary tract infections. The tests are ...