SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – When people start feeling bad, it can be hard to determine whether it’s COVID-19, the flu, or something else. Health leaders are hoping to make pinpointing what’s wrong a little ...

New research from Duke Health shows early detection of Alzheimer’s disease is possible through a quick nasal swab – often before cognitive problems occur. Researchers used a small brush to collect ...

Lancing a finger elicits minimal pain in humans and is applied routinely to obtain small volumes of blood for clinical diagnostics. A modified lancet bleeding method and several blood sampling ...

If you frequent the Harvard Square T station, you may have seen sign boards urging you to “Swab your nose, get $2” in order to “Help detect the next pandemic.” Those signs are part of a program called ...

Research findings are available online in the journal Nature. The original story “ Scientists can now detect early signs of ...