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Flu tests from R-Biopharm also detect new virus variants

Darmstadt, November 25, 2022 – The flu season has begun and different virus variants are also circulating in Germany. With the flu tests from biotechnology company R-Biopharm, patients quickly have certainty: Its RIDA®GENE Flu assays also reliably detect the two novel variants. The company made the announcement with regard to influenza A H1N1pdm09, which is… Read More »

New test can detect your immunity to COVID-19 post-vaccination – how protected are you?

Cases of coronavirus fell for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday and the unprecedented vaccination effort is bound to have contributed to the positive trend. The threat posed by coronavirus still persists, however. A new variant is under investigation by Public Health England (PHE). The perennial threat of new variants means it is important that… Read More »

Could Your Fitbit Help Detect the Flu?

Jan. 17, 2020 — Wearable activity monitors that also measure your heart rate could one day warn people they might be getting sick with an infection like the flu. Doctors have long known that a higher resting heart rate — the number of times each minute the heart beats while a person is sitting or… Read More »

Geisinger studies show AI deep learning model helping cardiologists detect AFib

Artificial intelligence technology based on a deep learning model could help cardiologists predict irregular heart rhythms, known as atrial fibrillation, before it develops. WHY IT MATTERSThat’s the conclusion drawn from two studies to be presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2019 and conducted by Geisinger researchers. A team of scientists trained a neural… Read More »

New AI Tool, HeadXNet, to Help Detect Brain Aneurysms

Researchers from Stanford University have developed a new AI tool, dubbed HeadXNet that detects brain aneurysms from computed tomographic angiography (CTA) scans. Their work, recently published in JAMA Network Open, demonstrates that their AI tool helped radiologists identify 6 more scans with aneurysm for every 100 scans already diagnosed with aneurysm. This is an exciting… Read More »