AI helps fuel new era of medical self-testing

Beyond smart watches and rings, artificial intelligence is being used to make self-testing for major diseases more readily ...

Researchers locked flu patients in a hotel with healthy adults — no one got sick

Groundbreaking flu transmission study reveals zero infections despite close contact between healthy volunteers and flu-positive students for two weeks.

At-home STD tests offer new options for screening and treatment

New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available ...

Can your toothbrush really detect diabetes? FDA scrutiny grows for health-tracking gadgets

CES attendees saw health-tracking gadgets making bold promises: toothbrushes detecting diabetes, mirrors assessing 20-year ...
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FDA-funded study of pulse oximeter accuracy yields surprising and confusing results

A long-awaited study commissioned by the FDA has muddied the path forward on how to reduce racial bias in pulse oximeter ...
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A room full of flu patients and no one got sick

In a striking real-world experiment, flu patients spent days indoors with healthy volunteers, but the virus never spread.

The ICE Shooter's Face Was Everywhere Online Within Hours. There's Just One Problem.

In the social media videos of the shooting, ICE agents did not have their masks off, but people online spread images of a ...

Controlled hotel study finds zero flu transmission between sick students and healthy adults

This year's flu season is turning out to be brutal. As a new variant known as subclade K spreads rapidly, a study out today ...