When the COVID-19 pandemic struck last year, the demand for fast and accurate testing of patients’ nasal-swab samples skyrocketed, with some labs going from needing 10,000 swabs checked daily to more ...
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40 years ago, on July 25, 1978, Louise Brown became the world's first "test-tube baby." Newsweek featured the remarkable infant on its cover the following week and published a long piece about the ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has paid Fillakit — a small company formed in May that operates out of a Houston suburb — $7.3 million since May to supply it with test tubes for COVID-19 ...
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