Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the National Institutes of Health, through its Variant Task Force, analyzed the effectiveness of more than ...

Over-the-counter multiplex tests for more than one illness may soon come to a pharmacy near you. Paco Burgada/iStock via Getty Images A scratchy, sore throat, a relentless fever, a pounding head and a ...

If you've ever taken an at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19, you can partially credit the technology to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases (CIDID).

In a study involving nearly 1,000 patients seen at a Baltimore field hospital during a five-month period in 2022, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, ...

Have you ever noticed how a spilled cup of coffee leaves behind a telltale brown ring? While those stains might be annoying, the science behind them, known as the coffee ring effect, has sparked ...

Over the last couple of decades, rapid diagnostic tests have emerged as a vital tool in the fight to control malaria. The relatively inexpensive test strips, which work in just minutes, have diagnosed ...

A new rapid test could improve treatment of urinary tract infections, by identifying the most effective antibiotic for each individual patient. The test applies different antibiotics to bacteria found ...

The US government has been helping people detect COVID-19 at home for several years with free COVID test kits delivered by the US Postal Service. On Sunday, March 9, the Department of Health and Human ...