The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

KAIST and international collaborators have created a CRISPR-based diagnostic that uses reaction speed patterns to identify multiple viruses and variants in a single test. The method, called kinetic ...

The diseases were removed from a list of tests the agency conducts for state and local health departments. Experts worry that with drastic staff reductions, the testing may not resume. By Apoorva ...