Science Daily

New blood test could catch pancreatic cancer before it’s too late

A new blood test could change the outlook for one of the deadliest cancers—pancreatic cancer—by catching it much earlier than ...
thorax.bmj

Combining tuberculin skin test with follow-on interferon gamma release assay markedly improves screening of household contacts

Introduction In Hong Kong, tuberculin skin test (TST) with a 15 mm cut-off was used at 0 and 3 months for contact screening, but half of future tuberculosis cases might be missed. Follow-on interferon ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

Victoria Junior College to resume classes after students, staff test negative for Covid-19

SINGAPORE — Physical lessons will resume at Victoria Junior College (VJC) on Monday (May 17), after all students, staff members and vendors tested negative for Covid-19. The school shifted to full ...
Nature

Cancer blood tests are everywhere — here's why you should be cautious

A man in a car looks down at his phone. “No cancer signal detected,” says a message on the screen. The man closes his eyes and smiles in relief. Why are so many young people getting cancer? What the ...
The Lancet

Effectiveness of rVSV-ZEBOV vaccination during the 2018–20 Ebola virus disease epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a retrospective test-negative study

bGeneral Direction of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene, and Prevention, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo cNational Program of Care and Follow-up of Survivors, Ministry of ...