(CNN)Antibody tests used to determine if people have been infected in the past with Covid-19 might be wrong up to half the time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance…
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Antibody tests were supposed to help guide US reopening plans. They’ve brought more confusion than clarity amid coronavirus.
CLOSE Public health officials warn that the current blood tests for the coronavirus on the market are creating confusion among patients and doctors. (April 13) AP DomesticA new type of coronavirus test expected to offer clarity on how and when to reopen the nation has instead sowed confusion.A blood test that can detect whether a person’s…
Read More »Antigen tests: the coronavirus “breakthrough” that a top White House official says we need
(CNN)Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, says current technology makes it impossible to test every American for coronavirus. The United States, she says, will need a "breakthrough" in testing to screen large numbers of people. …
Read More »Antigen tests: the coronavirus “breakthrough” that a top White House official says we need
(CNN)Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, says current technology makes it impossible to test every American for coronavirus. The United States, she says, will need a "breakthrough" in testing to screen large numbers of people. …
Read More »Tiger tests positive for COVID-19 at New York City zoo, first case of its kind in the U.S.
Possible treatments to fight coronavirus in the works A 4-year-old female Malayan tiger at a zoo in New York City has tested positive for the novel (new) coronavirus, according to results from the National Veterinary Services Laboratories at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Officials say this is the first report of a tiger becoming infected…
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