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Testing Covid 19
COVID-19 is an infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. There are many testing methods available for COVID-19. At-home COVID-19 tests or rapid PCR tests detect current infection by identifying the presence or absence of antigen. A more reliable testing option is a PCR test, or nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) which detect viral genetic material and need to be performed using laboratory analysis.
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MAR 24, 2023Health & Medicine
In 2020, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID- 19 changed the world in more ways than one. During the in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 19, 2023Microbiology
Genetic data has been revealed that has shown that animals at a Wuhan, China Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market were mingli ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2023Health & Medicine
While the world became very familiar with mRNA vaccines because of the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines have been around ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2023Cancer
Devices used to measure biological readouts, known as biosensors, determine the concentration of a particular substance ...Written By: Katie KokolusMAR 01, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
This past flu season, three main viruses were going around: influenza, coronavirus, and respiratory syncytial virus. We& ...Written By: Greta AnneFEB 28, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, SARS-CoV-2 is still with us, and we still need diagnostic tests. Scientists have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2023Microbiology
A variety of studies have shown that when the air is drier, viral particles can linger there longer. These findings have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
We spend a lot of time indoors, and indoor air quality can have a significant impact on our health. Indoor pollutants ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2023Microbiology
Two natural products can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from binding to the ACE2 receptor and infecting human cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2023Health & Medicine
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2023Microbiology
Fungi that can cause lung infections are all over our environment. Recent research has highlighted how much fungal speci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2023Plants & Animals
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have studied the virus with a near singular purpose: finding ways ...Written By: Ryan VingumJAN 06, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Colombia’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that can po ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 30, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have sought to learn what types of cells SARS-CoV-2 infects. For m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2022Health & Medicine
After public protests, the Chinese government dramatically eased many restrictions related to COVID-19 earlier this mont ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2022Health & Medicine
A food allergy occurs when the body has a specific, reproducible immune response to certain foods. This immune response ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 14, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a compound that shows promise in targeting a wide rang ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 09, 2022Health & Medicine
The CDC has estimated that over 40% of Americans have been infected with COVID-19, and about half probably do not know t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2022Immunology
A case of COVID-19 doesn't cause any symptoms at all in some people, while others are killed by the viral infection. Sci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2022Health & Medicine
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan acknowledged that not calling SARS-CoV-2 airborne "forcefully" earlier in the pandemic was a mist ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2022Immunology
German scientists provided a case study of a 51-year-old patient that highlighted one of the first symptoms a monkeypox- ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers had identified the virus that causes the disease, SARS-CoV ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2022Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease worldwide (prior to, and aside from COVID-19 infections). Acc ...Written By: J. Bryce Ortiz
MAR 24, 2023
Health & Medicine
In 2020, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID- 19 changed the world in more ways than one. During the in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 19, 2023
Microbiology
Genetic data has been revealed that has shown that animals at a Wuhan, China Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market were mingli
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2023
Health & Medicine
While the world became very familiar with mRNA vaccines because of the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines have been around
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2023
Cancer
Devices used to measure biological readouts, known as biosensors, determine the concentration of a particular substance
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAR 01, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
This past flu season, three main viruses were going around: influenza, coronavirus, and respiratory syncytial virus. We&
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
FEB 28, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has waned, SARS-CoV-2 is still with us, and we still need diagnostic tests. Scientists have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2023
Microbiology
A variety of studies have shown that when the air is drier, viral particles can linger there longer. These findings have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
We spend a lot of time indoors, and indoor air quality can have a significant impact on our health. Indoor pollutants ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2023
Microbiology
Two natural products can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from binding to the ACE2 receptor and infecting human cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2023
Health & Medicine
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2023
Microbiology
Fungi that can cause lung infections are all over our environment. Recent research has highlighted how much fungal speci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2023
Plants & Animals
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have studied the virus with a near singular purpose: finding ways
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JAN 06, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Colombia’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that can po
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 30, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have sought to learn what types of cells SARS-CoV-2 infects. For m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2022
Health & Medicine
After public protests, the Chinese government dramatically eased many restrictions related to COVID-19 earlier this mont
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2022
Health & Medicine
A food allergy occurs when the body has a specific, reproducible immune response to certain foods. This immune response
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 14, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a compound that shows promise in targeting a wide rang
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 09, 2022
Health & Medicine
The CDC has estimated that over 40% of Americans have been infected with COVID-19, and about half probably do not know t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2022
Immunology
A case of COVID-19 doesn't cause any symptoms at all in some people, while others are killed by the viral infection. Sci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2022
Health & Medicine
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan acknowledged that not calling SARS-CoV-2 airborne "forcefully" earlier in the pandemic was a mist
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2022
Immunology
German scientists provided a case study of a 51-year-old patient that highlighted one of the first symptoms a monkeypox-
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers had identified the virus that causes the disease, SARS-CoV
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2022
Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease worldwide (prior to, and aside from COVID-19 infections). Acc
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz