Americans will soon be able to self-test at home to find out whether they have COVID-19, the flu or another common germ, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
New At-Home Test May Tell WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Americans will soon be able to self-test at home to find out whether they have COVID-19, the flu or another common germ, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The first nonprescription test that can spot all three r...
along with SARS-CoV-2, is a major milestone in bringing greater consumer access to diagnostic tests that can be performed entirely at home,”Dr. Jeff Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in anagency news release. “The FDA strongly...
There is no medication to cure RSV. For most children and adults, RSV infection causes only cold symptoms, and thetreatmentis no different than that used totreat any other cold at home. However, for some people, especially babies, the breathing difficulties that result from RSV require hospital...
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Between Oct. 1 and Dec. 14, the CDC estimates there were between2.7 and nearly 5 million illnesses. Hospitalizations in major cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and New York were all up sharply as the year came to an end and as 2025 began. ...
1. If the Easysweet Pregnancy test expires or gets wet, the test may fail, resulting in false negative test results; 2. If you are just pregnant, or there is a possibility of an ectopic pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy), the HCG level in the urine will be very low. It needs to be place...
Second type of bird flu detected in US dairy cows‘Do I need to take down my bird feeder?’ and other questions about bird flu in Mass.Tracking COVID, RSV, and the flu in Massachusetts “Its like a tsunami right now,” said Dr. Sandeep Jubbal, an infectious diseases specialist at UMas...
As with RSV, most humans have been infected with HMPV by age 5. While the vast majority will fare fine at home, as many as 10% of pediatric hospitalizations are due to lower respiratory infections caused by the virus, according to the National Library of Medicine. A 2010 study found ...
There are signs that RSV activity has reached its peak in the US, as test positivity rates and emergency department visits have started to tick down. But RSV hospitalization rates are still higher than they’ve been at any point for the past five years, except for last season’s peak. Get...