Next-generation metagenomic sequencing test developed at UCSF proves its effectiveness in quickly diagnosing almost any kind ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first over-the-counter test that can detect covid and flu at the ...

Detecting autoantibodies in nasal cavities with swabs could be key to determining how severe COVID symptoms will be. Why it ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers on health, is taking aim at the agency’s oversight ...

A a blood tube labeled COVID 19 Omicron with a check next to ... Close up of a person using a coronavirus test, dropping liquid onto the cassette. FLiRT variants are subvariants of omicron and were ...

But those kinds of risk factors aren’t enough on their own. People have to be exposed to one or more “triggers” that tip the immune system into self-attack mode. And microbes are among those potential ...

New research is providing a more precise prediction of COVID-19 severity that can be found by looking at autoantibodies in the nasal cavity, leading to more personalized treatment plans.

COVID-19 presents a broad range of symptoms, varying in intensity from mild to severe and even life-threatening.

Most people with COVID-19 feel significantly better within a few days of first displaying any symptoms, but for some it can ...

An additional case of a new strain of mpox has been detected in Britain, bringing the total number of infections in the ...

A wide variety of COVID-19 symptoms exist, ranging from mild to severe, and while current strains of the virus generally cause milder symptoms, those with co-morbidities are still at an exponentially ...