Covid Testing Has Turned Into a Financial Windfall for Hospitals and Other Providers
Pamela Valfer needed multiple covid tests after repeatedly visiting the hospital last fall to see her mother, who was being …
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New testing strategy can speed up COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers
Fast turnaround of COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers is critical. Investigators have now developed a COVID-19 testing strategy that …
Breast cancer survivors’ fear of cancer returning linked to genomic testing, psychological factors
Breast cancer survivors with a higher risk of cancer recurrence based on genomic testing may experience greater fear of their …
Cervical cancer testing tech could replace pap smears, save lives
Emerging technologies can screen for cervical cancer better than Pap smears and, if widely used, could save lives both in …
Pill testing won’t give people a ‘green light’ to use drugs
New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found pill-testing services at Western Australian music festivals would not change people’s …
Japan embarks on random and targeted COVID-19 testing, but some experts call for more
TOKYO (Reuters) – Last week, about 600 people were tested for the coronavirus in the city of Utsunomiya, north of …
A simplified COVID-19 diagnostic method to ramp up widespread testing
To properly monitor and help curb the spread of COVID-19, several millions of diagnostic tests are required daily in just …
Pfizer chief insists no corners cut on vaccine testing
Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla said Tuesday he understood concerns around the speed at which pharmaceutical companies have produced COVID-19 …
Frequent, rapid testing could cripple COVID within weeks, study shows
Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid-turnaround COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks— even if …
No, soaring COVID-19 cases are not due to more testing
COVID-19 cases are surging upward around the U.S., reaching 100,000 daily cases for the first time on Nov. 4 and 150,000 only …
For quick COVID-19 testing, iSCAN can be adopted for airports and public transportation
A simple COVID-19 test kit combines virus amplification with a CRISPR-Cas system for effective SARS-CoV-2 detection. The kit, called iSCAN, …
Study confirms spit testing may help doctors diagnose concussions
Doctors may soon be able to more accurately diagnose concussions by measuring the number of certain molecules in a person’s …
More education on the benefits of genetic testing could accelerate its potential
A study of Queensland health consumers has found most have relatively low levels of understanding and awareness of genetic testing, …
Urgent testing, tracing, and isolation could save lives and economy
Population-wide testing, contact tracing, and isolation (PTTI) in the UK could save 50,000 lives and £700bn of GDP over the …
Coronavirus testing: information on test devices and methods in a single place
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has created a database of COVID-19 in vitro diagnostic devices and test methods As …
New heart attack testing protocol expedites treatment in ER
A new protocol using highly sensitive blood tests to determine whether someone is having a heart attack can reduce wait …
New platform for cancer diagnostics and drug testing
Parts of tumor tissue, which is normally discarded in cancer surgery, bear information about the disease. So far, as studies …
CDC: Some Coronavirus Testing Kits Sent to States Are Faulty
THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2020 — Some coronavirus testing kits sent to state laboratories across the United States are flawed and …