Point-of-care testing is a critical tool in the battle against Covid-19, and researchers in Indiana are working around the clock to deliver rapid tests with high specificity.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to Yale School of Public Health’s saliva test to detect Covid-19, after a trial on National Basketball Association players and staff.
The United States Food and Drug Administration approved Bayer’s Lampit (nifurtimox) for use in pediatric patients for the treatment of Chagas disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi.
Patients prefer physicians who offer telemedicine during COVID-19 and beyond, says new Everyday Health and Klick Health research
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), COVID-19 Crisis, Doctors, Healthcare Communications Agencies, Patients, Physicians, Prescriptions, Social Distancing, Studies, Surveys, Telehealth, Telemedicine, TestsPatients do not just want a doctor with a good bedside manner, according to new Everyday Health and Klick Health research exploring the growth of telemedicine and its increasing popularity with patients who continue to have healthcare needs, even in the midst of a pandemic and a socially distanced world.
The National Institutes of Health is investing $248.7 million in seven diagnostic companies with new testing technologies to increase their testing capacities and make millions of rapid Covid-19 tests per week available by fall.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new template for clinical test developers that is designed to assist these companies in developing and submitting emergency use authorization (EUA) for Covid-19 tests that can be performed at home or in other settings besides laboratories.
A hospital in the southern French city of Lyon is testing patients with a new machine that enables them to breathe into a tube to see whether they have Covid-19 in a matter of seconds.
Researchers at Australia’s Monash University developed a test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, that can provide results in 20 minutes.
U.S. industrial conglomerate 3M Co. has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop a rapid antigen test for COVID-19.
Research Roundup: Covid-19 Immunity, Stomach Acid Susceptibility and More
Aging, Blood Pressure, Colorectal Cancer, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Coronavirus Tests, Fever, Immunity, Infections, Pain, Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs), Research, Scientific studies, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Spain, Stomach, Stomach Acid, The Lancet, University of MichiganRecently published scientific studies include research into whether Covid-19 immunity might not be possible.