What’s causing this terrible sore throat? That question drives millions of people to doctors, urgent care clinics and emergency rooms each year (PDF). But it’s wasteful to the system, says Bliss ...

Clinical guidelines conflict on testing teens and adults whose symptoms point to a possible strep throat. A chief contention is whether negative tests results from a rapid analysis of a throat swab, ...

Quest Diagnostics' ($DGX) Focus Diagnostics unit snagged an FDA OK for its quick strep test, a notch in Quest's belt as it looks to revive sluggish sales and generate ...

These days, COVID-19, flu, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are the illnesses on the tip of everyone’s tongue. But data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that strep ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved marketing clearance for the Alere i Strep A test (Alere Inc), the first molecular test that detects group A streptococcus bacteria in throat swab ...

WALTHAM, Mass., April 2, 2015 – Alere Inc. (NYSE: ALR), a global leader in rapid diagnostic tests, today announced that its Alere™ i Strep A test has received marketing clearance from the U.S. Food ...

Strep throat is a bacterial infection that usually causes a sore throat. People often also associate the infection with a fever, but it is possible for a person to have strep throat and not have a ...

The FDA slapped Quest Diagnostics' ($DGX) Focus Diagnostics unit with a Class I recall over some of its lab examination kits after the tools produced inaccurate test ...

In my pediatric office, I see a patient for possible strep throat nearly every day. Strep throat is a common infection in school-age kids that can be easily diagnosed and treated. Despite the frequent ...

Wisconsin health experts are seeing a consistent and continuing rise in strep throat infections, the latest respiratory disease to plague patients through the winter. Dr. Greg DeMuri, a pediatric ...

Clinical guidelines for diagnosing strep throat in teens and adults differ, as do physician practices. A recent study supports guidelines that mandate confirming negative rapid test results with a lab ...