Alere gets clearance for 10-minute flu test

Alere said its test uses a nasal swab to test for influenza A and B. It said the test is designed to be used in doctors' offices and returns results in 10 minutes. In December, Becton Dickinson and Co. also received clearance for a 10-minute ...

New county STD test more costly, but more accurate

... department largely switched to a more expensive test — $20 each — to test for sexually transmitted diseases with a blood or urine samples instead of doing swabs of the genital area. The cost is $7 more per test than the old swab method ...

Roche’s Cobas Test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Granted 510(k) Clearance in U.S.

clearance for Roche’s cobas® CT/NG Test for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) infections in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients using male urine samples and self-collected vaginal swabs. The test was ...

Roche Receives FDA Clearance for Test to Screen and Diagnose Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Infection in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients

Paul Brown Male urine and self-collected vaginal swabs are the preferred specimen types for CT and NG testing, according to the summary report from the U.S. Association of Public Health Laboratories and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(

Vent cleaning company makes false claims

We asked him after looking at the bill how he knew there were indications of mold and mildew. “From the bio-swab test. We take a bio swab test and test in there and we have rust in there and that's an indication of mold mildew or fungus spores ...

HIV gum test 'just as effective as traditional blood screening'

A gum swab test used to diagnose HIV is just as accurate as the traditional blood screening, according to a new study. Researchers at McGill University, Quebec, who compared five worldwide studies, found it was 99 per cent accurate for HIV in high risk ...

Sen. Schumer Requests Roadside Drugged Driving Test

There are no devices that can test a driver's drug toxicity on the road, and Schumer suggests developing "saliva swab tests" that will do just that. While the drugs that are fueling the increase across the country are available at your local ...

HIV ‘saliva’ test as effective as blood test, study finds

“With blood tests, it’s not so easy and some people have a phobia of collecting their own blood. The swab is easy to implement and use. People called it a candy stick,” Pant Pai said. Often called a “saliva” test, the oral test absorbs fluid ...

Alere™ Rapid Flu Test Receives CLIA Waiver from FDA

Sample collection for the Alere™ Influenza A&B Test, which makes use of a nasal swab, is minimally invasive. The test also provides results in 10 minutes, making it possible for physicians to administer treatment while patients are still in their care.

Get tested on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Tests will be conducted using the OraQuick method, an oral swab test that offers results in 20 minutes. During each testing session, staff from the Health Department will be available to provide information and answer questions about HIV/AIDS.

HIV gum test 'just as effective as traditional blood screening'

Researchers at McGill University, Quebec, found the test was 99 per cent accurate for HIV (pictured through an electron microscope) in high risk populations and 97 per cent accurate in low risk populations.

Alere gets clearance for 10-minute flu test

Medical diagnostics company Alere Inc. said Monday it received clearance to market a 10-minute flu test.Alere said its test uses a nasal swab to test for influenza A and B. It said the test is designed ...

Saliva test detects HIV accurately

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can be diagnosed from a mouth swab as accurately as from a blood sample, Canadian scientists say.

C&C Energia Ltd. Provides Operational Update On Cachalote-1 Well, Andaquies Block, Colombia

CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - C&C Energia Ltd. reports that it has finished the completion and testing of the Neme Formation in the Cachalote-1 well in Colombia and will abandon the well. The Cachalote-1 well encountered 271 feet of Neme sandstone that contained oil shows over an interval of approximately 130 ...

Study: Saliva test detects HIV like blood screening

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can be diagnosed from a mouth swab as accurately as from a blood sample, Canadian scientists said.

Canacol Energy Ltd. Provides Update on the Cachalote- 1 Exploration Well, Andaquies Block, Colombia

CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - Canacol Energy Ltd. reports that C&C Energia Ltd. has finished the completion and testing of the Neme Formation in the Cachalote-1 well in Colombia and will abandon the well. The Cachalote-1 well encountered 271 feet of Neme sandstone that contained oil shows over an interval of ...

Alere™ Rapid Flu Test Receives CLIA Waiver from FDA

Alere Inc. , a global leader in enabling individuals to take charge of their health at home through the merger of rapid diagnostics and health management, received confirmation that The U.S.

Alere's Flu Test Gains FDA Waiver

Alere's latest influenza test is granted CLIA waiver by the FDA, thereby providing doctors with access to a useful and rapid test.

Brimble man 'rode bike on drugs'

AN Adelaide man interviewed as a "person of interest" over the Dianne Brimble cruise-ship death allegedly rode his motorcycle while drugged.

Scientists crack the code for the DNA diet

British scientists have cracked the code of the DNA diet which claims to help women shed pounds using genetic fingerprints.

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