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 ...

Hologic’s diagnostic assay for Zika earns emergency use clearance from FDA A blood test created by Bedford, Ma.-based Hologic is now the third diagnostic kit to be authorized by the Food and Drug ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the cobas Zika test, a qualitative nucleic acid test for the detection of Zika virus RNA in individual plasma specimens obtained from volunteer ...

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 ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Three pregnant women in Florida have tested positive for a history of Zika virus, state health officials announced on Wednesday. Florida Surgeon General and Secretary of ...

Federal health officials are granting use of an experimental blood test to screen blood for Zika virus, an emergency step designed to protect local blood supplies from the mosquito-borne illness. The ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - International athletes set to compete in an Olympic diving test event in Rio de Janeiro next week have asked about risks linked to the Zika virus, but have not canceled ...