This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine is awarded jointly to to three scientists for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus, a landmark achievement in the ongoing battle against viral diseases. Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem that causes cirrhosis and liver cancer in people aroun
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a new rapid, SARS-CoV-2 antigen diagnostic test. This test can be administered at the point of care that will deliver results within 15 minutes.