A nearly all-female team of researchers developed a PCR diagnostic tool in a record-setting six weeks.

Assembling the first COVID-19 test kits in the same room as coronavirus material, along with other practices that didn’t follow protocol, made the tests unusable, officials say.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is supplying local hospitals and the state with key ingredients needed for COVID-19 testing.

Scientists at academic labs equipped to test for SARS-CoV-2 report that multiple barriers are preventing from them from operating at full capacity.

Super-resolution imaging identifies abnormalities in the hair-like protrusions on a cell’s surface and may help facilitate earlier detection of primary ciliary dyskinesia.

The machine can be run in doctor’s offices and other point-of-care settings to give rapid results.

Hospitals and commercial companies are testing thousands of patients for COVID-19 daily, but face reagent and supply shortages.

Current methods to detect infections of the novel coronavirus rely on identifying particular genetic sequences, but new assays are being developed to meet the growing demand for rapid answers.

More cases emerge across the country as the global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 3,000.

Some US states are waiting for the CDC to send replacement enzymes necessary for carrying out SARS-CoV-2 assays.

The US Food and Drug Administration authorizes the distribution of the 2019-nCoV diagnostic to state health departments and other facilities.

The test uses levels of plasma amyloid-β to estimate the buildup of protein plaques in the brain.

New rapid tests for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis appear highly accurate.

Two new studies claim that a shoddy test may have caused Alzheimer’s drugs to fail in clinical trials.

A quick spit test is as good as blood for detecting HIV, and could encourage self-testing initiatives in the US and Africa.

The most high-tech laboratory in the history of the Olympic Games is prepared to begin athlete testing in London.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warns against home testing kits for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Scientists accurately determine age based on DNA methylation patterns from saliva samples.