Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.06.2020
“I woke up with a cough and a sore throat. What should I do? Should I go to work? Should I see a doctor?” Without answers, these questions promote uncertainty, stress, and the potential for the symptoms to become worse, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the answers are even more necessary as close to symptom onset as possible. If the cause of the illness is bacterial, then an antibiotic is......
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.06.2020
When caring for sick warfighters on the battlefield, medics need to be able to draw blood efficiently and quickly. The volume of blood collected needs to be enough to perform diagnostic tests that identify disease or an exposure to a chemical or biological threat agent, so medics draw blood from the vein to collect the quantity needed. They use many tools: needles, syringes, and test tubes to......
