ACON Laboratories, Inc. today announced the retail availability of the first FDA-cleared home test which allows families to identify four major respiratory infections, including Respiratory Syncytial ...

Used with the cobas ® 5800, 6800 and 8800 systems, cobas Respiratory 4-flex simultaneously detects and differentiates the four most common respiratory viruses, helping to ensure confidence in ...

Pulmonary function tests are a group of noninvasive breathing tests that measure how much air your lungs can hold, how quickly you can move air in and out and how efficiently your lungs transfer ...

Physicians are more likely to order respiratory pathogen testing since the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting testing rates and costs. The COVID-19 pandemic has had numerous effects on medical practice, not ...

Spending on respiratory pathogen testing at U.S. children’s hospitals has surged more than fourfold since 2016, as testing rates climbed from 13.6% of emergency department visits to 62.2% in 2022, ...

If proven to be accurate, the point-of-care test could provide the NHS with a highly scalable, low-cost diagnostic tool. It ...

Becton, Dickinson and Co.’s (BD) diagnostic tool that can check for COVID-19, the flu or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been available in certain European countries since last year. Now, it’s ...

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Provista Diagnostics, a clinical diagnostics lab owned by medical diagnostics company Todos Medical, cleared all necessary hurdles to begin producing its new respiratory test ...

Respiratory viruses are usually most active from October through March, health officials say.

WHEN OSHA's revised Respiratory Protection Standard for General Industry, 29 CFR 1910.134, became effective on April 8, 1998, it provided employers with an all-inclusive reference source for fit ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Lehigh County Coroner's Office says it will be conducting additional testing protocols for some death ...