Diagnostics

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Spit science: why saliva is a great way to detect disease

12 May 2025

3 min read

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A mother and a child are now refugees at a transit centre in Renk, South Sudan where they arrived with others on 18 December after fleeing escalating violence in Sudan where the health system is collapsing from shortages of medical supplies, a loss of doctors, and destroyed or looted medical facilities. Copyright: Reason Moses Runyanga / UNHCR.

AI diagnostics can ease health crisis in war-torn Sudan

7 Jan 2025

3 min read

Innovation Conflict & humanitarian Cross-posts Diagnostics

Preparing to test a sample in the laboratory. Researchers are finding new and creative ways of making diagnostic tests out of recycled materials. Copyright: Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay.

Eco-friendly diagnostic tests ‘need global push’

30 Aug 2024

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Diagnostics

Health workers using the new cholera rapid diagnostic tests. Credit: Elia Ntali

New rapid diagnostic tests for cholera a 'game-changer' in Zimbabwe

5 Aug 2024

5 min read

Cholera Diagnostics

A stool sample being tested using the RDT kit in the laboratory of the infectious disease hospital, Kathmandu. Credit: Pragya Timsina

New rapid diagnostics kits ease Nepal’s fight against endemic cholera

19 Jul 2024

6 min read

Cholera Diagnostics

RDT test kits. Credits: Chikwawa DHO

In Malawi, rapid test kits for cholera bring relief to a taxed health system

6 Jun 2024

6 min read

Spotlight on cholera Cholera Diagnostics

Rapid diagnostic tests shipment arrivals in Malaw. Siula/2024/UNICEF Malawi

New rapid diagnostic tests will bolster cholera surveillance and improve vaccination campaigns

5 Apr 2024

3 min read

Cholera Vaccine campaigns Videos Diagnostics

Local women of Ajayameru rural Municipality attended an ultrasound check-up at a health camp in the village. Credit: Chhatra Karki

In rural Nepal, an ultrasound machine builds community trust in health care

2 Apr 2024

6 min read

Maternal and child health Innovation Diagnostics

A man moving his head causing a blurry effect. Credit: Vijay Sadasivuni on Pexels

Cognitive slowness could be used as a marker for Long COVID

31 Jan 2024

2 min read

COVID-19 Diagnostics

Credit: National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

Why we cannot overlook diagnostics in the pursuit of universal health care

26 Oct 2023

5 min read

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The scent emitted from your hands could offer clues about who you are. Credit: Siro Rodenas Cortes/Moment via Getty Images

Your unique body odor could identify who you are and provide insights into your health

25 Sep 2023

6 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Diagnostics

The medical diagnostics market is rapidly growing and becoming more high-tech. Image: Unsplash/nci

4 surprising 'smart' technologies transforming health diagnostics

5 Sep 2023

3 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Diagnostics

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