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Image: The guidance recommends easy‑to‑collect tongue swab samples and a cost‑saving sputum pooling strategy for TB and rifampicin‑resistant TB. (photo courtesy of WHO / Enric Catala Contreras)

WHO Endorses Rapid Point-of-Care Testing to Improve TB Detection

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines emphasizing point-of-care testing for tuberculosis. More...
30 Mar 2026
Image: In proof‑of‑concept testing, the breath readout detected signs of myositis, bacteremia, pneumonia, and osteomyelitis (photo courtesy of Adobe Stock)

Breath Analysis Approach Offers Rapid Detection of Bacterial Infection

A metabolism-targeted breath test can rapidly distinguish bacterial infection from other causes of inflammation. More...
23 Mar 2026
Image: Klebsiella pneumoniae is a common cause of bloodstream infections in high-burden hospital settings (Adobe Stock)

Combined Infection Control Strategy Limits Drug-Resistant Outbreak in NICU

Practical, low-cost prevention strategies can help limit infections within neonatal intensive care units. More...
16 Mar 2026
Image: The study\'s findings show persistent standardization gaps among at-home gut microbiome testing kits (Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock)

Study Highlights Accuracy Gaps in Consumer Gut Microbiome Kits

Findings from a new study indicate that at-home gut health tests deliver conflicting results. More...
12 Mar 2026
Image: New WHO guidelines recommend rapid molecular TB tests, tongue swab sampling and sputum pooling to improve diagnosis (Photo courtesy of WHO)

WHO Recommends Near POC Tests, Tongue Swabs and Sputum Pooling for TB Diagnosis

WHO has issued its first recommendations for near-POC TB tests and tongue swab diagnostics. More...
11 Mar 2026
Image: The new imaging approach uses microscopic glowing tags to reveal gene activity in individual C. diff cells (Photo courtesy of Nicholas DiBenedetto)

New Imaging Approach Could Help Predict Dangerous Gut Infection

New clues about how C. diff infections develop and spread could improve detection. More...
10 Mar 2026
Image:The technique enables sequencing of the  M. tuberculosis genome directly from patient samples without culturing the bacteria first (Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock)

Rapid Sequencing Could Transform Tuberculosis Care

A tiled amplicon sequencing method enables faster genome analysis of tuberculosis bacteria without culturing. More...
05 Mar 2026
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