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FDA grants 510(k) clearance for Visby’s respiratory infections detection test
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance and a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA ...
When COVID came: Five years later, reliving those first dizzying days
COVID was 'there' for months, but when it was found 'here,' the virus changed everything in the blink of an eye. A look back ...
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Flu cases stable but increasing in severity in Saskatchewan
According to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health's latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program (CRISP) report, ...
Concern grows as new mystery virus that's killed 50 branded 'significant threat to public health' - experts reveal what YOU need to know
Concerned officials in the African nation have launched a probe to discover the cause of the outbreak, warning it could pose ...
Scientists have identified a new coronavirus in bats, but it’s not a public health threat
Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have discovered a new lineage of a coronavirus in bats that can enter ...
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Doctors detect lung abnormalities in kids and teens with long COVID
While CT scans are often used to diagnose and monitor lung function of adults with long COVID, scientists say it is not usually recommended in children because it exposes the patient to ionizing ...
Flu is killing more people than COVID in California, health officials say. What’s going on?
UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento has seen “five or 10 times more influenza (patients) than COVID (patients)” in 2025 alone, according to Dr. Dean Blumberg, the hospital’s chief of pediatric ...
GPs to receive new training to spot cancer in young adults after 27-year-old woman's fatal tumour was ignored for five months
Jessica Brady died three weeks after she was admitted to hospital in December 2020, after her symptoms were dismissed by her ...
Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared
ProPublica’s analysis is the most detailed look yet into life-threatening complications under Texas’ abortion ban ...
Paxlovid May Not Significantly Benefit Vaccinated Seniors, Study Says
Still, Mafi says there aren't strong data on how Paxlovid affects the disease course in people who are vaccinated. His findings suggest that the benefits are about four times smaller than those ...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as this week to fire the members of the Postal Service’s governing board and place the agency under the control of the Commerce Department and ...
Free COVID-19 tests are still available from the federal government
After it was reported the Trump administration would be ending the free COVID test program, the Department of Health ...