A genomic test developed by researchers to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen -- virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite -- has proved successful after a decade of use. A genomic test ...
A teenager in British Columbia is in critical condition after being exposed to H5N1 bird flu. The source of the virus has not been determined. The teen is the first presumptive case of H5N1 bird ...
Close contacts of the teen have been tested and provided with antiviral medication to prevent infection and prevent further spread. "These investigations can be challenging and it is not always ...
"I'm grateful for life," says Dylan Riley of his strep infection. "Things could be so different — my family could have been planning a funeral" Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award winning ...
Two groups of researchers have used animal models to characterize the H5N1 virus isolated from an infected dairy farm worker in Texas, who presented with mild conjunctivitis. Analysis of this ...