nonhazardous genetic material to support the development and validation of diagnostic tests for the H5N1 virus (commonly known as bird flu). This genetic material will enable test manufacturers to ...

It is therefore critical to prove whether established MDx tests can accurately and reliably detect H5N1 Flu. Such MDx Flu tests include both regulator-approved assays and laboratory-developed ...

H5N1 Flu is now circulating on multiple continents and may become a new pandemic, with it having demonstrated a staggering rate of severe pneumonia and death across those infected thus far. It is ...

You can order them at covidtests.gov. Similar tests, as well as rapid flu tests, are available for purchase at many grocery stores and pharmacies. You can also get tested for these viruses ...

The positive test from a Jan. 6 sample comes amid a national rise in cases of H5N1 avian flu, which has been evident in New Jersey mostly through high egg prices at the market. No active outbreaks ...

Next, physicians blinded to rapid-test results assessed the patients and recorded whether they thought the patients had influenza. Fifty-three patients (21%) were diagnosed with influenza by PCR ...

For influenza viruses, imperfection is a strength. They constantly mutate, producing new strains that challenge immune systems primed to fight earlier varieties. That’s what makes flu a life ...

Over 200 snow geese found across Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania are suspected to have been killed by the bird flu, and experts are concerned the death toll could climb even higher as cases continue ...

They also hadn’t heard about the bird flu, never mind tests for it. Studies in Colorado, Michigan, and Texas would later show that bird flu cases had gone under the radar. In one analysis ...

Officials in China have hit out after unverified videos claimed to show hospitals being overrun by patients with flu-like symptoms. The suggestions have been shared in unverified videos appearing ...