Diagnostic test maker Meridian Bioscience (NASDAQ:VIVO) has received regulatory clearance of a molecular diagnostics test for group B streptococcus. The group B strep test is the second in the ...

A clinical trial has shown that diagnostics company NanoLogix‘s (OTCBB: NNLX) rapid bacteria-detection test kits for Group B strep are, in fact, rapid. The trial at the University of Texas Health ...

A more rapid laboratory test for pregnant women to detect potentially deadly Group B strep (GBS) has been successful at identifying GBS colonization in six and a half hours, according to new results.

Many women are having different test results for Group B streptococcus between their routine third trimester screening and a rapid test performed at the time of labor. In a study presented February 11 ...

KUTV — You might not be aware, but if you’re pregnant, it’s important to be tested for a common bacteria called Group B Strep before delivering your baby. You could have Strep B and not even know it ...

A new vaccine for Group B streptococcal bacteria in pregnant women is one step closer to arriving in doctors’ offices someday. Preliminary findings from a Phase 2 study found a vaccine covering three ...

The shares of Great Basin Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:GBSN) are trading 14.81% higher from their closing price yesterday as the company announced the commercial launch of its Group B Strep Test. The ...

The number of deaths caused by a bacteria that kills one newborn baby every week in the UK could be significantly reduced if a simple test was offered to expectant mothers, campaigners say. On Monday ...

It's a bacteria that lives harmlessly in many of us, but for newborn babies it can be lethal. Group B Streptococcus infection kills around 40 babies every year and leaves a further 25 with serious ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved marketing clearance for the Alere i Strep A test (Alere Inc), the first molecular test that detects group A streptococcus bacteria in throat swab ...