Scientists have bad news about coronavirus antibody tests
4 years, 8 months ago

Scientists have bad news about coronavirus antibody tests

CNN  

CNN — In a phone call last week, some of the nation’s top scientists briefed White House officials about antibody testing, according to two doctors who were on the call. Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, has called such tests “critical.” The test can help determine if someone is immune to coronavirus, “and that’s going to be important when you think about getting people back into the workplace,” according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the task force. Five days later, Vice President Mike Pence said at a media briefing that “very soon we will have an antibody test that Americans will be able to take to determine whether they ever had the coronavirus.” But on the April 6 phone call, members of the National Academy of Sciences’ Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats told members of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy there are issues with the availability and reliability of the antibody tests in the United States right now. “That’s the $64 question,” said Dr. Harvey Fineberg, chairman of the NAS committee, who was also on the phone call with the White House. “That’s the brilliance of Kelvin Droegemeier, to elicit this kind of input and turn to the academics in the first place,” Fineberg said, referring to the director of the White House policy office.

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Do at-home COVID tests still work? New research suggests they are less effective than thought
1 year, 6 months ago

Do at-home COVID tests still work? New research suggests they are less effective than thought

Salon  

Most of us have taken a COVID test at home. Reid Akana, co-author of the study, explained to Salon that one unique part of their study was that they measured the number of viral particles in various specimens, perhaps suggesting that the nose isn't the best place to test, as most at-home antigen tests were designed and approved to do. …

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice
2 years, 9 months ago

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice

LA Times  

A woman is tested for a coronavirus infection at the Lenasia South Hospital near Johannesburg in South Africa. The advice comes months after critics said the lack of recommendations from the global health agency was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countries. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was concerned …

Russians flock to antibody tests; West notes tool’s limit
3 years, 3 months ago

Russians flock to antibody tests; West notes tool’s limit

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — When Russians talk about the coronavirus over dinner or in hair salons, the conversation often turns to “antitela,” the Russian word for antibodies — the proteins produced by the body to fight infection. There are different counting methods.” But Western health experts say the antibody tests so popular in Russia are unreliable either for diagnosing COVID-19 or assessing …

Antibody Tests Should Not Be Your Go-To For Checking COVID Immunity
3 years, 4 months ago

Antibody Tests Should Not Be Your Go-To For Checking COVID Immunity

NPR  

Antibody Tests Should Not Be Your Go-To For Checking COVID Immunity Enlarge this image toggle caption Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Booster shots against the coronavirus have already started rolling out in the U.S. for some people and millions more could be due for them soon. Sponsor Message Unlike other COVID-19 tests that are used …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list
3 years, 8 months ago

Consumers warned to check home corona tests against approved list

Dutch News  

Health inspectors have received dozens of reports of unlicensed coronavirus test kits being sold online and over the counter in shops. In other cases tests are advertised as ‘approved by the RIVM’, even though the public health agency does not have a certification system. ‘Some shops have stopped selling the tests as a result, or make clear on their website …

Covid warriors share their reluctance about coronavirus vaccine
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid warriors share their reluctance about coronavirus vaccine

India Today  

By now it has become evident that Several among the healthcare staff don't have full faith in the efficacy and safety of the Covid vaccines present at the moment. Another resident doctor of a suburban hospital in Mumbai not wanting to be named said the doubts over Covaxin are justified because there isn’t clear data for the vaccine which proves …

Coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought, say researchers
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than thought, say researchers

Live Mint  

The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy in September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute of the Italian city of Milan shows, signaling that it might have spread beyond China earlier than thought. The World Health Organization has said the new coronavirus and COVID-19, the respiratory disease it causes, were unknown before the outbreak was reported in Wuhan, …

Coronavirus vaccine: Australian vaccine safe, produces antibody response in early tests
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus vaccine: Australian vaccine safe, produces antibody response in early tests

Live Mint  

Developed by an Australian university and CSL Ltd, an early testing of a potential coronavirus vaccine has shown it to be safe and produce an antibody response, Minister for Health Greg Hunt told news agency Reuters on Friday. Covid-19 vaccine update Earlier this week, Pfizer said that its experimental coronavirus vaccine had been more than 90% effective based on initial …

Coronavirus: US 'not ready for antibody drugs', say Harvard doctors
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus: US 'not ready for antibody drugs', say Harvard doctors

Daily Mail  

Two doctors are expressing their concerns about the Trump administration's plans to quickly roll out coronavirus antibody treatments. It comes just two days after the US Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly's monoclonal antibody treatment for emergency use authorization on Monday, with plans to roll it out as early as this week. Two Harvard doctors wrote an editorial expressing …

Coronavirus Australia live news: Victoria announces free kinder for 2021, SA to decide on border this Friday
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus Australia live news: Victoria announces free kinder for 2021, SA to decide on border this Friday

ABC  

This antibody drug is not the same one that was given to US President Donald Trump when he caught coronavirus, but it is a very similar treatment. The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorisation to Eli Lilly & Co's bamlanivimab based on trial data showing that a one-time infusion of the treatment reduced the need for hospitalisation or …

November 9 coronavirus news
4 years, 2 months ago

November 9 coronavirus news

CNN  

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 9. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images US President-elect Joe Biden has hailed the “positive news in this fight” against coronavirus, after Monday’s announcement of “progress made toward a successful vaccine” — but added the process must “be grounded in science and fully transparent.” “Soon, the expectation is the …

Race for coronavirus treatment hits reality as complications mount
4 years, 2 months ago

Race for coronavirus treatment hits reality as complications mount

Live Mint  

The sprint to find medical breakthroughs to contain Covid-19 stumbled this week, as a pair of pharmaceutical giants working to develop treatments and vaccines suffered setbacks in the clinic. J&J Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk said in an interview the company doesn’t know whether the person who was sickened had received the vaccine or a placebo. We aren’t making decisions …

US President Donald Trump says may block stricter FDA guidelines for coronavirus vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

US President Donald Trump says may block stricter FDA guidelines for coronavirus vaccine

India Today  

US President Donald Trump has said that he may or may not approve any new, more stringent FDA standards for an emergency authorisation of a coronavirus vaccine, saying such a proposal would appear political. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would issue the guidance to boost transparency and public trust as health experts have …

Russian covid-19 vaccine: Scientists cast doubt on results
4 years, 4 months ago

Russian covid-19 vaccine: Scientists cast doubt on results

Live Mint  

A group of international scientists questioned results from a study of Russia’s fast-moving coronavirus vaccine that were published in the Lancet medical journal, saying some of the findings appeared improbable. This and other patterns in the data present “several different points of concern,” according to an open letter written by Temple University professor Enrico Bucci and signed by more than …

Millions in US have taken antibody tests - but scientists don't know what results mean
4 years, 4 months ago

Millions in US have taken antibody tests - but scientists don't know what results mean

Daily Mail  

At the height of the coronavirus lockdown, President Donald Trump and his top health advisers trumpeted a new test that would help Americans reclaim their lives - one that would tell them if they already had the virus and were protected from getting it again. It's not clear how many antibody tests have been administered nationwide - some 1.5 million …

Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Continue Along With Skepticism From Americans : Consider This from NPR : NPR
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Continue Along With Skepticism From Americans : Consider This from NPR : NPR

NPR  

Why Are So Many Americans Hesitant To Get A COVID-19 Vaccine? Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images As trials continue for a coronavirus vaccine, some of the world's biggest drug companies have come together in an unusual way. This week, nine drugmakers released a joint statement pledging to not submit a coronavirus vaccine to the …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31
4 years, 4 months ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Monday, August 31

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the August 31 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY India becomes the world’s third deadliest Covid-19 country India reported 971 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 64,469 and surpassing Mexico as the country with the third highest number of Covid-19 deaths globally, according to the latest data …

US says testing not needed for some exposed to coronavirus, sparking outcry
4 years, 4 months ago

US says testing not needed for some exposed to coronavirus, sparking outcry

Live Mint  

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that people exposed to COVID-19 but not symptomatic may not need to be tested, shocking doctors and politicians and prompting accusations the guidance was politically motivated. CNN and The New York Times reported on Wednesday that U.S. public health officials were ordered by high-level members of the Trump administration …

Trump, without evidence, accuses FDA of delaying coronavirus vaccine trials and pressures agency chief
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump, without evidence, accuses FDA of delaying coronavirus vaccine trials and pressures agency chief

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump on Saturday accused, without providing any evidence, the US Food and Drug Administration of deliberately delaying coronavirus vaccine trials, pressuring the man he had picked to head the agency. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday called Trump’s tweet “very scary” and “a very dangerous statement,” saying that “even for him, it went beyond the pale.” …

US Coronavirus: FDA won’t ‘cut corners’ to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, commissioner says
4 years, 4 months ago

US Coronavirus: FDA won’t ‘cut corners’ to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, commissioner says

CNN  

CNN — Safety will not be compromised for a Covid-19 vaccine, the US Food and Drug Administration commissioner said Monday. Dr. Peter Hotez, a vaccinologist at Baylor College of Medicine, reviewed the data and also said “there’s just no way” a vaccine will be publicly available by November 3. “It’s not fair to say that this virus is completely benign …

Coronavirus test used by White House has questionable accuracy
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus test used by White House has questionable accuracy

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump said part of the reason he doesn’t regularly wear a mask is “everyone’s tested” before they see him. An Abbott spokesperson said the test is delivering reliable results, that the company has delivered 4.3 million ID NOW tests to all states and that the rate of false negative complaints is 0.015%. Ten state health agencies …

Hype and science collide as FDA tries to rein in ‘wild West’ of COVID-19 blood tests
4 years, 7 months ago

Hype and science collide as FDA tries to rein in ‘wild West’ of COVID-19 blood tests

LA Times  

“Save your business while saving lives,” reads the website of Because Health, a Seattle tech start-up selling two types of tests to employers willing to pay $350 a pop to learn whether their workers have been infected with COVID-19. The company’s “Workplace Health” plan includes not only nasal swab tests to detect infection, but also blood tests aimed at determining …

Bound by science, bent by politics: Inside the FDA’s reversals and walk-backs as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

Bound by science, bent by politics: Inside the FDA’s reversals and walk-backs as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic

CNN  

Washington CNN — Dr. Stephen Hahn repeatedly pledged in a CNN interview Tuesday that science and data would be his “north star” while leading the Food and Drug Administration through the coronavirus pandemic. “The political engagement here is magnitudes above anything I experienced over my public health career,” said Dr. Stephen Ostroff, the FDA’s former chief scientist who twice served …

HALF of coronavirus antibody finger-prick tests are unreliable, study of nine finds
4 years, 7 months ago

HALF of coronavirus antibody finger-prick tests are unreliable, study of nine finds

Daily Mail  

A new investigation reveals that several antibody tests for the novel coronavirus currently on the market are unreliable. ABC News and the Mayo Clinic looked at nine tests that use a drop of a blood from a finger prick to see if someone has immune-fighting cells against the virus. Four of nine coronavirus antibody finger prick tests failed to meet …

Coronavirus: NHS and social care staff to get antibody tests from next week, Matt Hancock to announce
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: NHS and social care staff to get antibody tests from next week, Matt Hancock to announce

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy NHS and social care staff will be able to get antibody …

Getting An Antibody Test For The Coronavirus? Here's What It Won't Tell You
4 years, 7 months ago

Getting An Antibody Test For The Coronavirus? Here's What It Won't Tell You

NPR  

Getting An Antibody Test For The Coronavirus? Here's What It Won't Tell You Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul Hennessy/Echoes WIre/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Paul Hennessy/Echoes WIre/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Salvador Perez got really sick in April. Enlarge this image toggle caption Sheila Perez Sheila Perez "He's anxious that he doesn't want to get sick. Some people also …

Coronavirus US: USC study says 185k in LA have antibodies
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus US: USC study says 185k in LA have antibodies

Daily Mail  

Researchers from the University of Southern California have revised their study of how many people in Los Angeles County have coronavirus antibodies - but say it's still much higher than previously believed. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO A revised coronavirus antibody study from USC suggests 4.65% of Los Angeles County residents contracted the virus, which is 23 times more than reported. …

Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging
4 years, 7 months ago

Moderna: Early coronavirus vaccine results are encouraging

Associated Press  

An experimental vaccine against the coronavirus showed encouraging results in very early testing, triggering hoped-for immune responses in eight healthy, middle-aged volunteers, its maker announced Monday. Study volunteers given either a low or medium dose of the vaccine by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. had antibodies similar to those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19. U.S. government officials have …

Top Trump Trade Adviser Bashes CDC: 'Really Let The Country Down' On Virus Testing
4 years, 7 months ago

Top Trump Trade Adviser Bashes CDC: 'Really Let The Country Down' On Virus Testing

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Pete Navarro, President Donald Trump’s top trade adviser, knocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday over its response to the coronavirus crisis, blaming the federal public health agency for the country’s slow rollout of tests. Asked during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether Trump has confidence in the CDC to lead during …

FDA suspends Gates-backed at-home coronavirus testing program
4 years, 7 months ago

FDA suspends Gates-backed at-home coronavirus testing program

Daily Mail  

An at-home coronavirus testing project backed in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has been suspended by the US Food and Drug Administration. The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network was offering at-home testing kits to residents in the region, but has been ordered to discontinue indefinitely until it gets additional FDA-approval. SCAN was sharing test results with patients, but …

Coronavirus: ‘100% accurate’ antibody test approved for use in UK for first time
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘100% accurate’ antibody test approved for use in UK for first time

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A test to check whether a person has previously had coronavirus …

Swiss drugmaker in talks with UK govt to roll out Covid antibody test kits
4 years, 7 months ago

Swiss drugmaker in talks with UK govt to roll out Covid antibody test kits

Hindustan Times  

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said on Wednesday it was in talks with the UK government to roll out its coronavirus antibody test kits in the country after Public Health England found them reliable. “This is a very positive development because such a highly specific anti-body test is a very reliable marker of past infection,” UK’s coronavirus testing programme coordinator …

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England
4 years, 7 months ago

Exclusive: First coronavirus antibody test given approval by Public Health England

The Telegraph  

UPDATE: Since this article was posted, published results of PHE's evaluation of the Roche test show that although 100% of negative samples accurately came back as negative, 16% of samples taken from people who had had the virus did not show up as positive. A coronavirus antibody test kit has been approved by Public Health England, The Telegraph has learned, …

Fact check: Trump falsely claims, again, that anybody who wants a test can get one
4 years, 7 months ago

Fact check: Trump falsely claims, again, that anybody who wants a test can get one

CNN  

Washington CNN — On Monday, President Donald Trump made the same claim about coronavirus testing that he did in early March. “If somebody wants to be tested right now,” Trump said at a Monday news conference, “they’ll be able to be tested.” Two months later, it’s still not true. Trump was implicitly corrected Monday by assistant secretary for health Brett …

U.S. approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results
4 years, 7 months ago

U.S. approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results

The Hindu  

U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corporation of San Diego. Antigen tests can diagnose active infections by detecting the earliest toxic traces of the virus rather than …

Coronavirus: Rollout of antibody tests met with confusion, little oversight
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: Rollout of antibody tests met with confusion, little oversight

CNN  

CNN — Public health experts, including members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, have argued accurate Covid-19 antibody tests can support efforts to get Americans back to work by determining who may have overcome the virus. States concerned by accuracy of antibody tests Antibody test data “are of dubious reliability; we are not tracking or analyzing them,” a spokesperson …

The Latest on Testing: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s coronavirus podcast for May 5
4 years, 8 months ago

The Latest on Testing: Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s coronavirus podcast for May 5

CNN  

CNN — We’ve addressed early questions about testing for Covid-19, but plenty remain. Kevin de León, senior fellow at University of Southern California’s Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy: The promise of the immunology test to find out if we have the antibodies is huge. Here’s the problem: A reliable antigen test for the coronavirus isn’t yet available in …

Coronavirus: UK in talks over rollout of antibody test with near-100% accuracy rate, says Hancock
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: UK in talks over rollout of antibody test with near-100% accuracy rate, says Hancock

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK is in talks with pharmaceutical giant Roche on a …

Coronavirus: ‘Fast and accurate’ antibody test developed by Edinburgh researchers
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: ‘Fast and accurate’ antibody test developed by Edinburgh researchers

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A blood-screening company claims it has developed a “fast and accurate” …

FDA gives emergency approval to Roche's coronavirus antibody blood test
4 years, 8 months ago

FDA gives emergency approval to Roche's coronavirus antibody blood test

Daily Mail  

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency use approval to Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG for an antibody test to help determine if people have ever been infected with the coronavirus. Roche, which also makes molecular tests to identify active COVID-19 infections, said its antibody test has a specificity rate of 99.8 percent and a sensitivity rate …

FDA Cracks Down On Antibody Tests For Coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

FDA Cracks Down On Antibody Tests For Coronavirus

NPR  

FDA Cracks Down On Antibody Tests For Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP Seth Wenig/AP The Food and Drug Administration is stiffening its rules to counteract what some have called a Wild West of antibody testing for the coronavirus. Sponsor Message Now the FDA is telling manufacturers that if they want their tests to remain on the market, …

California doctors’ dubious coronavirus claims condemned by health experts
4 years, 8 months ago

California doctors’ dubious coronavirus claims condemned by health experts

CNN  

CNN — A news conference by two California doctors that downplayed the threat of the coronavirus and made dubious claims that the disease had already spread widely, and therefore was not dangerous, struck a chord with those itching for states to ease stay-at-home orders – but is being condemned by public health officials and experts. The video also prompted the …

Coronavirus antibody tests are still a work in progress
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus antibody tests are still a work in progress

LA Times  

After hearing for months about serious access issues involving tests that diagnose COVID-19 based on swabs from the nose or throat, Americans are being inundated with reports about promising new tests that look for signs of coronavirus infection in the blood. “You may even miss some infected people completely.” Other tests may flag people as positive for COVID-19 when they’re …

Coronavirus antibody tests have ‘really terrible’ accuracy, researcher says
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus antibody tests have ‘really terrible’ accuracy, researcher says

CNN  

CNN — Some antibody tests, which check for prior Covid-19 infection, had high rates of false positives in screenings performed by a consortium of California laboratories, according to a recently released report. Of the 12 antibody tests that were studied by the COVID-19 Testing Project, one of the tests gave false positives more than 15% of the time, or in …

Coronavirus: US report identifies most accurate antibody tests
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: US report identifies most accurate antibody tests

Daily Mail  

A new study of coronavirus antibody tests that are currently on the market revealed that at least eight out of 14 had an accuracy rate of more than 95 percent and three of those were more than 99 percent accurate, but doctors remain concerned that more work needs to be done before they can be solely relied upon to restart …

As Antibody Tests Flood The Market, House Panel Steps In
4 years, 8 months ago

As Antibody Tests Flood The Market, House Panel Steps In

NPR  

As Antibody Tests Flood The Market, House Panel Steps In Illinois Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who chairs the House Oversight subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, says the FDA is unable to validate the accuracy of serology tests LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: There are two types of tests taking place right now. Now a House oversight subcommittee has raised the alarm, saying …

Antibody Tests Go To Market Largely Unregulated, Warns House Subcommittee Chair
4 years, 8 months ago

Antibody Tests Go To Market Largely Unregulated, Warns House Subcommittee Chair

NPR  

Antibody Tests Go To Market Largely Unregulated, Warns House Subcommittee Chair Enlarge this image toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP Seth Wenig/AP Coronavirus antibody tests have garnered attention from officials as a potential tool to evaluate people's immunity to the illness. Krishnamoorthi said that federal officials have told his subcommittee that companies selling antibody tests can go one of two routes as …

Roche CEO Severin Schwan Calls Some Covid-19 Antibody Tests 'A Disaster'
4 years, 8 months ago

Roche CEO Severin Schwan Calls Some Covid-19 Antibody Tests 'A Disaster'

News 18  

Some blood tests being marketed to tell people if they have had the new coronavirus are a “disaster”, Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan said on Wednesday as he prepares to launch the drugmaker’s own antibody test next month. Roche’s diagnostics business has moved out of the shadow of its main medicines unit during the pandemic, as the Swiss pharma giant …

How coronavirus testing fumbles squandered valuable time
4 years, 8 months ago

How coronavirus testing fumbles squandered valuable time

CNN  

CNN — As coronavirus test kits were malfunctioning in public health labs across the country, Dr. Robert Redfield repeatedly assured his fellow task force officials in February that the problem would be quickly solved. Any insinuation that he didn’t is “just plain wrong and disproven by the facts.” A CDC spokesman said Redfield did not offer any assurances about how …

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