A Birmingham company is working with Cepheid to develop a PCR test for monkeypox, a virus that has spread to the U.S., though the CDC classifies the threat as low. Birmingham-based BioGX is ...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid today announced that Xpert ® HIV-1 Qual XC has been awarded World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification. Inclusion on the prequalification ...

With the monkeypox outbreak continuing its steady spread around the globe, diagnostic test makers have taken it upon themselves to develop and roll out tests for the disease as quickly as possible.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cepheid announced today that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for testing throat and rectal specimens with its ...

Molecular tests are far superior to rapid antigen tests—and now you can get them for home use. Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I'm severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would ...

(Reuters) - Cepheid Inc said it signed deals with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and three other aid organizations to make its tuberculosis diagnostic kit available at reduced prices in ...