Acon Laboratories, founded by Jixun Lin, makes the Flowflex at-home COVID-19 tests that took off during the pandemic after receiving U.S. FDA authorization for emergency use in 2021 and clearance for ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Families can now test for flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus with one at-home test. The Flowflex® Plus RSV + Flu A/B + COVID 4-in-1 test is now available in Northeast Ohio ...

FDA-cleared test enables at-home detection of RSV, Flu A/B and COVID in adults and pediatric populations. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ACON Laboratories, Inc. today announced the retail ...

People who interact with chatbots for emotional support or other personal reasons are likelier to report symptoms of depression or anxiety, a new study finds. The researchers from Mass General Brigham ...

She needed a moo-sage. Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was documented using tools with impressive skill for the first time ever, ...

A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown Swiss cow. Veronika uses both ends of a deck brush to scratch various parts of her body, researchers report January 19 ...

Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called “Cow Tools,” featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects—the joke being that cows don’t use tools. That’s why a pet Swiss ...

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...

In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, cow tools are real. Larson’s 1982 comic for his series The Far Side showed ...

Veronika, a cow living in an idyllic mountain village in the Austrian countryside, has spent years perfecting the art of scratching herself with sticks, rakes, and deck brushes. Now that scientists ...