It's about to be much easier for North Texas doctors to test for the Zika virus. The FDA gave emergency authorization to Quest Diagnostics to develop the first commercial Zika test. "This will now ...

Let's say you're a pregnant woman who recently traveled to Latin America or the Caribbean. You got a little sick shortly after the trip, with some combination of mild fever, rash, joint pain and ...

HONOLULU -- Health officials say a baby born in a Hawaii hospital is the first in the U.S. with a birth defect linked to the Zika virus, a tropical illness currently found in Latin American and ...

The Zika virus has struck fear throughout the Americas, but determining whether people have been infected can be difficult. Here's why: Most infected people don't display symptoms or they choose to ...

The Food and Drug Administration has granted Quest Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory services company, an Emergency Use Authorization for Quest’s Zika Virus RNA Qualitative Real-Time RT-PCR test, a ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the ZIKV Detect 2.0 IgM Capture ELISA (InBios International Inc) for routine use in detecting Zika virus immunoglobulin (IgM) antibodies in human ...

PHOENIX — Researchers at Arizona State University are developing a test for the Zika virus that would cost just $1 each, the school said. “You read the test results through a color change on a piece ...

MIT researchers have developed a paper-based test that can diagnose Zika infection within 20 minutes. Unlike existing tests, the new diagnostic does not cross-react with Dengue virus, a close relative ...

As seen with the COVID-19 pandemic, detection methods that are rapid, simple, accurate, and sensitive are vital for detecting viral pathogens and for controlling the spread of infectious diseases.

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - A faster way for North Texans to get Zika virus test results begins Monday, now that the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department is able to perform the tests on their ...

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