New CDC report reveals that flu season is far from over. While flu A cases are dwindling, flu B and COVID-19 cases are on the rise nationwide. Here’s where to find the best home tests for early ...

If you’ve ever bought a health testing kit for anything from the flu to a UTI, you’re one among many: Home health tests are a multi-billion-dollar global industry. In fact, a new one just became ...

What if you could send sound directly to a single person in a crowded room, without anyone else hearing it? This isn’t a scene from a sci-fi movie, it’s the reality of a new concept called the “sound ...

Abstract: Reliability analysis of coherent systems is critical for evaluating the performance of systems whose functionality depends on the reliability of their components. Traditional parametric ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

Latrenda Knighten has always liked math. As a child, she remembers breezing through timed tests ‒ high speed, low stakes assignments that challenge students to complete a number of simple problems in ...

The tests have not been approved by federal regulators, but that hasn’t stopped patients from wanting them — and doctors from worrying. By Nina Agrawal In the spring of 2021, the cancer field was ...

Maybe your interest in longevity is entrepreneurial, since one of the largest addressable markets is people who want to live longer, healthier lives. (I’ve never heard anyone say, “Yeah, I hope I ...

If you were curious to get a picture of your longevity, you could invest in a fancy “biological age” blood test or even commit to pricey full-body imaging. But research suggests there’s a much more ...

Multivariate statistical inference encompasses methods that evaluate multiple outcomes or parameters jointly, allowing researchers to understand complex interdependencies within data. Permutation ...

With climate change fuelling bigger and more costly natural disasters, interest in alternative insurance solutions is rising in Bermuda. Parametric insurance provides rapid payout for policyholders ...

Tumor marker blood tests may help inform various aspects of cancer care, including diagnosis, staging, treatment planning, and outlook. However, they’re often not the only diagnostic tests used. If ...