Infectious Disease News, Articles

Illustration of two clinical lab professionals wearing white PPE holding a giant magnifying glass over the word "sepsis."

Cytovale Completes $100 Million Series D Funding to Accelerate Commercial Expansion of Its Rapid Sepsis Solution

Cytovale

IntelliSep is the first and only FDA-cleared cellular host diagnostic indicated for use in the ED

Photo of a blood test tube sample with the word ‘sexually transmitted infections’ on the label in a clinical laboratory.

Labcorp Expands STI Test Offerings with Rapid Syphilis Test

LabCorp

Labcorp to serve as the exclusive NOWDiagnostics (NOWDx) distributor for clinical testing in the US, offering First to Know® Syphilis Test nationwide

Photo close up of a clinical laboratory scientist’s hand wearing a blue glove and holding a positive blood tube sample of Marburg virus from laboratory testing.

CDC Issues Health Advisory Following the Republic of Rwanda’s First Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease

Miriam Bergeret, MSc

The CDC's Health Advisory concerning the outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda includes clinical laboratory biosafety considerations and recommendations for public health departments

Illustration of the cover of the 2024 September Cancer & Pathology Digital Edition of Today's Clinical Lab.

'Navigating Change at the Bench'

Miriam Bergeret, MSc

The Today's Clinical Lab 2024 Cancer & Pathology print issue features innovations in early cancer detection and digital pathology

Battling Rabies and Beyond: A Molecular Epidemiologist’s Perspective of the Medical Laboratory Sciences

María Carla Rosales Gerpe, MSc, PhD

Texas State University Regents’ Professor Rodney E. Rohde, PhD, reminisces about how he found himself amid the 1990s Oral Rabies Vaccination Program as a first-generation university graduate

Illustration of a clinical lab scientist wearing gloves and holding a tube of blood with a zoom-in on blood antibodies for syphilis.

FDA Marketing Authorization Enables Increased Access to First Step of Syphilis Diagnosis

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

First home antibody test can inform patients of current or past infection and lead to confirmatory testing with healthcare provider

The first author Thu Vu Phuc Nguyen, left, and Ido Golding investigated how coinfecting phages can impede each other’s entry into a cell.

Coinfecting Viruses Impede Each Other’s Ability to Enter Cells

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Researchers investigate whether the number of infecting phages that bind to a bacterial surface corresponds to the amount of viral genetic material injected into the cell

Banner with the skyline of Chicago in the background overlaid with orange and green for the the ADLM 2024 conference.

Roche Showcases Solutions for Laboratories of the Future at the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine 2024 Clinical Lab Expo

Roche

Roche will present its growing portfolio of integrated systems and data solutions to optimize your resources and simplify and streamline your lab operations to drive better health outcomes