Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Increasing numbers of Powassan virus cases have led to a greater need to monitor and track the disease. However, testing has been ...

Researchers have found a way to detect persistent Epstein-Barr virus directly from routine blood-based genome sequencing, bypassing the antibody tests that have defined EBV diagnostics for decades.

Researchers at UMass Amherst have developed a new, more accurate test method for detecting a life-threatening tick-borne virus that is increasing in prevalence in Massachusetts, according to the ...

The diseases were removed from a list of tests the agency conducts for state and local health departments. Experts worry that ...

Delaware is among several U.S. states using chickens to detect pathogens that can be transmitted from mosquitoes to people. These sentinel chickens are stationed in pens around the state in areas ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

Researchers have come up with a new, more accurate method for detecting in ticks the emerging Powassan virus, which can cause life-threatening neuroinvasive disease, including encephalitis and ...