(Reuters) – The United States might have more COVID-19 testing capacity than any other country. So why have we seen laboratories overwhelmed and many patients again waiting a week or more for results? At the heart of the crisis is a reliance by public and priv... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – On a sweltering Beijing afternoon, police vehicles blocked roads near the Guangan Sports Center complex and security guards warned the public to stay clear as residents filed in for testing amid the city’s COVID-19 outbreak. Staff in white ... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is continuing to test whether antibody tests can be used in the fight against the novel coronavirus and is hopeful they will work, junior health minister Edward Argar said on Monday. “Tests continue to be tested, the sign at the mome... More »
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has been in contact with the CEOs of two coronavirus test makers as it considers how to screen its staff and reduce the risk of infection at its warehouses, according to internal meeting notes seen by Reuters. The chief executives of... More »
(Reuters) – An expert panel formed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has endorsed asbestos testing standards for cosmetics that reject long-held industry positions and reflect those of public health authorities and experts for thousands of plaintiffs wh... More »
By Will Boggs MD(Reuters Health) – If you have early-stage breast cancer and have undergone genetic testing, the odds are high that the results were More »
Formula One – F1 – Test session – Barcelona-Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain – 8/3/17. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas in action. REUTERS/Albert Gea New signing Valtteri Bottas put champions Mercedes on top of the timesheets on Wednesday with the fastest lap s... More »
Britain Formula One – F1 – 2017 Mercedes Formula One Car Launch – Silverstone – 23/2/17 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during the launch Reuters / Eddie Keogh Livepic Formula One world champions Mercedes called an early end to their first pre-season test on Thursday... More »
Formula One – F1 – Test session – Barcelona-Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain – 28/02/17. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen in action. REUTERS/Albert Gea Kimi Raikkonen put Ferrari on top of the timesheets after the second day of Formula One’s pre-season testing o... More »
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain arrives before Emporio Armani Autumn/Winter 2017 women collection show during Milan’s Fashion Week in Milan, Italy February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton is expecting to f... More »
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alvin Baez/File Photo Officials in Washington, D.C.’s pub... More »
A woman talks on a mobile phone as she walks past the closed research facility of Semler Research Centre in Bengaluru, India, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa Vasudeva Prakash left his job as a mechanic in Hyderabad three years ago for what he c... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Traditional treadmill tests used to estimate heart disease risk might not provide accurate results for women, a re More »
RIO DE JANEIRO One major hurdle is thwarting efforts to measure the extent of the Zika epidemic and its suspected links to thousands of birth defects in Brazil: accurate diagnosis of a virus that still confounds blood tests. Genetic tests and clinical symptoms... More »
