A decade ago Willy Ssengooba began crisscrossing Uganda, training health-care workers on how to use a new machine to detect tuberculosis. The deadly lung disease infects around 90,000 people in the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matt Binnicker is the CSO for Mayo Collaborative Services. Dr. Matt Binnicker, an expert in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, ...

“Infectious diseases don’t respect borders,” says Khoa Thai, a clinical microbiologist at the Star-shl medical diagnostics laboratory in the Netherlands. To limit their spread, we need a globally ...

As molecular testing demands grow, there is a need to create stable, room-temperature polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays that avoid cold chain storage and logistics, particularly in point-of-care ...

Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. Should we be swabbing our noses or our throats for at-home tests? Do rapid tests even detect omicron at all ...

After a microbiology-filled academic and research career, Diana Patzelt became the Global Project Manager for Microbial Enumeration Products at Sartorius (Göttingen, Germany), earning her the title of ...

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists have burnt the midnight oil to tackle the COVID-19 crisis. From developing effective vaccines to coming up with new treatment options, they ...

MANILA, Philippines — With the Omicron subvariants BA.1.12 and BA2.12.1 now in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) has asked local government units and COVID-19 testing laboratories to prefer ...

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique continues to grow and develop, now boasting several different types, having a variety of effective applications such as the detection of pathogens and ...