A PCR test detects the actual genetic material of the virus and involves a step that amplifies the presence of any material ...

The U.S. FDA approved a pricey rare disease drug in September despite findings by its data reviewers that the treatment, ...

The agency might dissuade patients from participating in a crucial part of our research-and-development system.

New diagnostic kits aim to revolutionize early screening of the disease, potentially allowing patients to receive treatments—such as monoclonal antibodies—sooner.

Augurex’s Spinestat diagnostic test earned the FDA’s breakthrough device designation. Spinestate is a 14-3-3eta autoantibody multiplex immunoassay test for diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis, ...

A long-running confirmatory trial of two of Sarepta Therapeutics’ Duchenne muscular dystrophy drugs has missed its main goal.

Dear Savvy Senior, With a longtime vaccine critic leading the nation’s health departments, can you give me updated ...

NanoViricides, Inc. (NYSE American: NNVC ) (the "Company"), a clinical stage leader developing revolutionary broad-spectrum antiviral drugs that the virus cannot escape, announced that it will be ...

The INSTI® HIV Self Test delivers highly accurate results in 60 seconds or less, the fastest home-use HIV rapid test available. FDA-approved and ready for U.S. consumers, providing a private and ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she ...

Seemingly expired COVID test kits continued to prove useful as health officials advised New Yorkers to check for extended expiration dates on the at-home respiratory virus fighting tool. The COVID ...

As the weather cools and fall approaches, COVID-19 cases are still spiking in much of the United States. The country has yet to emerge from a late summer COVID wave driven by the highly contagious new ...