Researchers have developed a device -- a breath test that uses a biosensor -- as a tool for use in doctors' offices and crowded public locations to quickly diagnose people infected with the virus that ...

Researchers at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory worked round the clock to develop a test for the Andes virus at the ...

A federal jury has found a California man tied to a controversial underground biolab guilty of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar COVID-19 test fraud scheme, prosecutors said. Jia Bei Zhu, 64, a ...

A University of Nebraska lab has developed a test that can detect the virus before symptoms become severe. Now, it's ready to ...

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A federal jury has convicted Jia Bei Zhu, operator of a Reedley biolab, in a $3.8-million scheme selling faulty, misbranded COVID-19 tests.

Four years after the spread of a novel coronavirus first prompted U.S. officials to shutter schools and limit public gatherings, misinformation about the virus persists. False claims that COVID-19 ...

A hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius cruise ship caused three deaths and five suspected cases. Seven cases reported including two confirmed, one critically ill, and three mild symptoms. Hantavirus ...

Dr. Stephen Kornfeld spoke from his biocontainment unit after the Department of Health and Human Services previously shared ...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to new research. The virus was detected in six common backyard species, and antibodies indicating prior ...

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the United States, scientists are monitoring the spread of a new variant called LB.1. The highly contagious omicron subvariant, along with the fast-growing ...

After a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a luxury cruise ship led to three deaths, the vessel has been quarantined, echoing scenes from the Covid-19 pandemic. The ship, which set sail from Argentina ...