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Hologic to acquire diagnostic test-maker Gen-Probe for $3.75B

The medical device company will acquire Gen-Probe for $3.75B in cash.

Are Chinese people living longer? Nation claims average life expectancy is improving

Government reports that Chinese women can expect to live to 75.8 by 2015, an improvement from current stats as the nation overhauls its health care system

New HIV color test to improve diagnosis in the developing world

Scientists have come up with an HIV test that is ten times more sensitive and a fraction of the cost of existing methods.

All Americans aged 15 to 65 should have HIV test, says medical panel

All Americans between the ages of 15 and 65 should be tested for HIV, a US panel of medical experts said Tuesday.

A worker performs a CD4 HIV test at a lab of Shanghai Xuhui District Central Hospital in Shanghai, China, on December 6, 2006.

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