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Top Five Articles on 360Dx Last Week: Detact Dx Nabs Gates Awards; November FDA Clearances; More
Last week, readers were most interested in a story about Gates Foundation awards to Detact Diagnostics to further develop a POC system and assays to detect infectious diseases.
USPSTF Updates Draft Recommendations for Cervical Cancer Screening
The organization now recommends HPV primary screening every five years starting at age 30 and includes patient-collected HPV screening.
USPSTF Maintains Recommendation of Latent TB Infection Screening for At-Risk People
The guidance follows a systemic evidence review conducted by the USPSTF in order to help update its 2016 recommendation on LTBI screening.
The ruling could impact patient access to preventive services like cancer screening, as well as laboratories and diagnostics companies that provide them.
USPSTF Now Recommends Colorectal Cancer Screening Beginning at Age 45
The US Preventive Services Task Force had previously recommended that average-risk adults begin colorectal cancer screening at age 50.