You’re feeling pretty darned sick—headache, fever, fatigue, a cough—but your COVID-19 test came back negative. What do you do now? Well, chances are good that you don’t have COVID-19 if that’s what the test says, according to experts. Labs that…
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Slow tests, poor tracing: virus disaster unfolds in Florida
Florida has emerged as a major new epicenter of the US coronavirus battle, but two key weapons in the state’s fight are misfiring badly: testing and contact tracing. Health officials say that when a person is tested they need to…
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Doctors motivated by both health, malpractice concerns when ordering additional tests
A UCLA-led study has found that dermatopathologists, who specialize in diagnosing skin diseases at the microscopic level, are motivated both by patient safety concerns and by malpractice fears—often simultaneously—when ordering multiple tests and obtaining second opinions, with a higher proportion…
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ONE-THIRD of coronavirus antibody tests may return false negatives
Up to ONE-THIRD of all coronavirus antibody tests may come back as false negatives, study finds Researchers looked at 40 studies analyzing coronavirus antibody tests, which determine if someone has previously been infected Sensitivity rates, meaning the rate at which tests…
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Puerto Rico to require negative COVID-19 tests from all airport arrivals
The US possession of Puerto Rico will require all visitors arriving by air to present a negative COVID-19 test or be held under quarantine at their own expense, officials said Tuesday. Starting on July 15, all visitors—including those arriving from…
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Over $30 bn needed to develop COVID-19 tests, treatments, vaccines: WHO
The World Health Organization said Friday that a global initiative to speed up the development and production of COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments will require more than $30 billion over the next year. Providing details of the so-called ACT accelerator,…
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Sinovac vaccine worked in more than 90% of patients in early tests
New hope for a coronavirus vaccine as Chinese company Sinovac’s shot triggered an antibody response in more than 90% of patients, early data suggests Sinovac Biotech Ltd, based in Beijing, China, has developed a vaccine called CoronaVac that uses a…
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Seoul sees virus tests surge after promising anonymity
Coronavirus screening has surged in South Korea since authorities introduced anonymous testing, officials said Wednesday, as they scrambled to tackle a nightclub cluster amid concerns anti-gay prejudice could impede the response. The country has been held up as a global…
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NYC clinics set to start ‘self-swab’ coronavirus tests
New York City-run health clinics will soon take a new tack on coronavirus testing, using a procedure that lets people collect samples themselves at a health care worker’s direction, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. He said the “self-swab” tests…
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Italy mulls psychological tests to gauge lockdown impact
Italian scientists want the government to conduct psychological tests on a sample of the population to determine how long people can stay confined to their homes, a report said Monday. The Corriere della Sera newspaper said scientists want to understand…
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