What are the symptoms and is it spreading in the UK?

Getty People have started catching a new Covid variant that could soon take off and become the dominant type, according to scientists. Identified in Germany, in June, cases of the

One genomic test can diagnose nearly any infection

A genomic test developed at UC San Francisco to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen — virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite — has proved successful after a decade of

Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma could make bone biopsies a relic of the past

The diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting plasma cells, traditionally forces patients to suffer through a painful bone biopsy. During that procedure, doctors insert a bone-biopsy needle