Read more testing stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32952/testing.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:21:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69383/in-war-on-stds-nc-tries-new-weapon-bribery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe incidence of syphilis is spiking in the economically hard-hit South, and health officials have lit on a novel preventative measure, MSNBC reports: Wal-Mart gift cards. Syphilis tends to rebound in tough times, and a program in North Carolina induces patients to submit to a test in exchange for the...http://www.newser.com/story/69383/in-war-on-stds-nc-tries-new-weapon-bribery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 14:21:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66168/dc-to-offer-std-tests-to-all-students.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll DC high school students will be offered testing for sexually-transmitted diseases, the Washington Post reports. The move follows a pilot program at eight schools last year in which 13% of 3,000 students tested positive for STDs, mostly chlamydia and gonorrhea. The new plan says students must watch a...http://www.newser.com/story/66168/dc-to-offer-std-tests-to-all-students.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 13:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64792/food-allergies-75-are-bogus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFood allergies are on the rise, but faulty tests are behind much of that increase, the Los Angeles Times reports. Eating controlled amounts of a certain food under medical supervision is the only way of knowing whether you’re allergic to it, but primary-care doctors are more likely to employ less-accurate...http://www.newser.com/story/64792/food-allergies-75-are-bogus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 8:24:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56485/army-holds-up-lighter-armor-for-soldiers-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a sign of the Army’s careful—some say plodding—procurement process, $3 million in lightweight body armor destined for Afghanistan is still stateside pending a widened assessment, the New York Times reports. The armor would shave 20 pounds off the punishing load—up to 130 pounds—some soldiers carry...http://www.newser.com/story/56485/army-holds-up-lighter-armor-for-soldiers-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Apr 2009 13:49:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54082/s-africa-will-test-new-tb-vaccine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA study starting next month will test a new vaccine's ability to prevent tuberculosis, Bloomberg reports. Researchers will give 2800 South African babies the new shot. The current vaccine has been around since 1921 and doesn’t keep infants from getting TB of the lungs, where the bacteria first sets in....http://www.newser.com/story/54082/s-africa-will-test-new-tb-vaccine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 12:21:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51586/would-better-laws-have-caught-salmonella-scare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA third of US states do not require testing of the salmonella bacteria involved in reported illnesses, possibly hampering national efforts to identify outbreaks, MSNBC reports. If testing were mandatory, proponents say, a strain’s widespread dissemination could be more quickly identified and the source more easily pinpointed. But states without...http://www.newser.com/story/51586/would-better-laws-have-caught-salmonella-scare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Feb 2009 18:33:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42645/us-blocks-chinese-milk-products.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll Chinese products containing milk will be blocked at the US border until tests prove they're free of a widely used toxic contaminant, Bloomberg reports . The FDA is demanding independent testing to prove such products are not tainted with melamine like those which sickened 50,000 children in China. The...http://www.newser.com/story/42645/us-blocks-chinese-milk-products.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Nov 2008 1:43:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33041/b-schools-use-palm-scans-to-catch-cheats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an effort to foil cheaters, top American business schools will require a high-tech identity check of applicants taking the standardized admissions test, reports the Wall Street Journal . The crackdown on the use of paid impostors will require GMAT takers to undergo a "palm vein" scan, which is unique to...http://www.newser.com/story/33041/b-schools-use-palm-scans-to-catch-cheats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Jul 2008 13:58:14 CDT