HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- There's no running from it. Flu season is in full swing, but now medical experts say how you get tested for the flu may also be a problem. The most commonly used test, called ...

The tests detect COVID-19 and flu strains A and B. They use a nose swab and a solution mix, which you drop into the test tube ...

Avian Flu on a Cruise Ship: Can We Do Better on the Mainland? While on a cruise to the French Riviera in fall 2023, a middle-age woman and her husband took a bike excursion along with 20 other ...

If there was one thing we learned from COVID, it was the need for rapid, accurate, point-of-care testing to help contain the virus before it had spread silently to many others. It was years before we ...

HOUSTON, Nov. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As the holiday season approaches, gatherings among family and friends are expected to increase the risk of respiratory virus transmission, including COVID-19 and ...

A 2022 study estimates that at-home flu tests have a sensitivity of about 63% if the test is performed within 72 hours of ...

The rapid influenza detection tests (RIDTs) that physicians use in their office need to become more accurate to keep pace with mutating influenza bugs, according to the US Food and Drug Administration ...

Key market opportunities in the point-of-care influenza diagnostics market include the rising demand for rapid tests due to ...

DePietro’s Pharmacy in Dunmore and Sheehans Pharmacy in Plains Twp. have seen demand for flu shots surge amid rapid increases ...