
Celebrate DNA Day!
Congress approved the first National DNA Day in April 2003 to celebrate both the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 50th anniversary of

The Pitfalls of At-Home COVID-19 Testing
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying individuals who have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 in a reliable and timely manner has been a crucial strategy in controlling

Is the pandemic ending? Is COVID-19 now endemic?
After the global spikes in positive Omicron variant cases in December 2021 and January 2022, February saw a dip in the number of COVID-19 cases

The BA.2 Omicron Variant: Here’s What You Should Know
Although the “original” BA.1 subvariant of Omicron is the dominant form of the SARS-CoV-2 variant worldwide, a subvariant, BA.2 is now spreading rapidly in Asia

What experts are saying about the flu-COVID-19 “twindemic”
In 2020, the news broke that the Pfizer and Moderna SARS-CoV-2 vaccines had reached historic milestones. This began the conversation about a roll-out plan and

Don’t Let Your Omicron Genes Drop Out: The Value of Variant-Specific Assays in Detecting New SARS-CoV-2 Strains
The recently reported Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has a 69-70del mutation in the S-gene (which codes for the spike protein). This implies that the S-gene