If you've got a fever and a cough, you don't necessarily have to go to the doctor anymore to find out if it's the flu or Covid-19. On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized what it ...

Testing for the flu among outpatients can help healthcare providers predict emergency room and inpatient flu cases, according to new research. The research, conducted in California, was presented at ...

The flu is one of the most common and contagious diseases — it causes up to 41 million illnesses, 710,000 hospitalizations and 52,000 deaths each year in the US, according to the Centers for Disease ...

SAN DIEGO — Flu season is right around the corner in San Diego, and many people are searching for quicker, easier ways to find out if they’re sick. At-home COVID testing became popular a few years ago ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A new North Carolina health order is allowing the state’s pharmacists to test and treat patients with the flu without prescriptions. Now, instead of having to go to ...

Sensor tests that respond to taste—such as through chewing gum—could offer an easy way to detect flu before symptoms start and help prevent future outbreaks. This is the concept of scientists from ...

Scientists in Germany have created a novel flu detection method using an edible sensor that produces taste when the influenza ...

The CDC’s latest report shows that respiratory illness activity remained moderate across the U.S., with high emergency department visits for influenza, while COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus ...

Do you have a sore throat, a runny nose and muscle aches? It could be a common cold, a case of the flu -- or COVID-19. The illnesses all share similar symptoms, sometimes making it hard to distinguish ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - Starting October 1st, pharmacists at retail locations in North Carolina will be able to test and treat people for the flu, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human ...

If there was one thing we learned from COVID, it was the need for rapid, accurate, point-of-care testing to help contain the virus before it had spread silently to many others. It was years before we ...