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Antibody testing shows whether you've had the COVID-19 virus in the past. It's not the same as testing to see whether you have the virus now.

Fast testing, aggressive remediation, and transparent communication offer a public health ...

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The symptoms of cyclospora resemble other, more common stomach bugs, and many people will try to wait it out at home rather ...

Taylor Farms lettuce tied to a cyclospora outbreak got a false positive FDA test. The recall hasn't changed. Here's what that ...

UT Dallas researchers are developing a handheld device that detects bacteria, parasites, pesticides and more in minutes — ...

COVID levels in Bay Area wastewaters are starting to increase, signaling a possible summer swell — as if you needed another ...

First developed more than four decades ago as a biological research technique to amplify nucleic acids, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology still has untapped potential, with many exciting ...

Legionella bacteria were detected in the Guggenheim Museum's cooling tower during a Manhattan Legionnaires' outbreak, but ...

What to know about cyclospora, the diarrheal parasite testing the limits of the Trump-era CDC.

Recently, less invasive sampling techniques have been proposed, including tonsil oral scrubbing and dry blood spots filter ...