A genetics testing company you may not have heard of just made a big debut. The startup, called Helix, launched a new DNA test on Tuesday that offers some of the same health insights as those of ...

While many makers of COVID-19 diagnostics have reeled in their once-lofty projections for test sales this year—thanks to the widespread and growing availability of the coronavirus vaccines—Helix, for ...

The FDA has given genomics firm Helix a wider emergency use authorization (EUA) for its pandemic test. The U.S. regulator said Helix is now allowed to offer its virus test for on-site and unsupervised ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - San Diego-based Helix has new FDA Emergency approval for its COVID-19 test that will make getting a test easier. The test is now approved for self-administration and for ...

The consumer DNA-testing market has officially cooled off. Tests like Ancestry's and 23andMe's for years had been best-selling gifts of the holiday seasons, according to Amazon. In 2019, the tests ...

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Helix, a leader in precision health, is announcing the release of a new suite of pharmacogenomics (PGx) tests, including a test designed to identify ...

Helix was founded in 2015 with help from Illumina, which makes the majority of DNA-sequencing machines in the US, but it wasn’t until earlier this year that the company rolled out its marketplace of ...

As coronavirus cases have surged nationwide, San Diego County’s public health lab faced a sudden potential shortfall in testing capability as one of its key vendors ran low on critical supplies. So ...

The U.S. FDA moved the goal posts for other companies with its expansion of the emergency use authorization for Helix Opco LLC’s COVID-19 test to include both unsupervised self-collection of samples ...