Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks
3 years, 7 months ago

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks

NPR  

Early CDC Coronavirus Test Came With Inconsistent Instructions And Cost The U.S. Weeks Enlarge this image toggle caption Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Jessica McGowan/Getty Images A flawed coronavirus test distributed by government scientists early in the pandemic was poorly designed and came with erroneous instructions that made it doubly difficult for labs to rely on the test's results, new records show. The new details are in an internal report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that explored why the agency's original coronavirus test kit failed. The initial review, known as a "root-cause analysis," was conducted by the agency in March 2020 to determine why an early coronavirus test didn't work properly.

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Posts mislead on PCR test development
2 years, 10 months ago

Posts mislead on PCR test development

Associated Press  

CLAIM: COVID-19 PCR tests weren’t developed using samples of the coronavirus and instead detect “something else.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: Partly false. THE FACTS: Misleading posts circulating widely online in recent days are using technical documents from one COVID-19 PCR test to falsely claim that such tests don’t actually detect the coronavirus – with some users going so far as to suggest …

Stricter surveillance is needed for commercial coronavirus test providers, advisors say
3 years, 4 months ago

Stricter surveillance is needed for commercial coronavirus test providers, advisors say

NL Times  

The Cabinet needs to place more attention on how commercial coronavirus test providers handle the data of their clients, a commission advised the Ministry of Health. Some test pest providers keep the negative test results of patients longer than the permitted four weeks, the commission said. The risk that commercial testing providers violate their clients' privacy increased due to the …

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 …

Coronavirus: Tens of thousands ‘wrongly given’ all clear by Lighthouse laboratories
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus: Tens of thousands ‘wrongly given’ all clear by Lighthouse laboratories

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 Tens of thousands of people infected with coronavirus were incorrectly given …

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 …

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 …

Insurers May Only Pay For Coronavirus Tests When They're 'Medically Necessary'
4 years, 6 months ago

Insurers May Only Pay For Coronavirus Tests When They're 'Medically Necessary'

NPR  

Insurers May Only Pay For Coronavirus Tests When They're 'Medically Necessary' Enlarge this image toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Carolyn Kaster/AP In the wake of the massive turnout at anti-racism demonstrations around the country, public health officials are encouraging protesters to get tested for the coronavirus. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act passed by Congress requires health plans to fully pay …

Abbott's five-minute coronavirus test being used by White House misses up to HALF of positive cases
4 years, 7 months ago

Abbott's five-minute coronavirus test being used by White House misses up to HALF of positive cases

Daily Mail  

The rapid coronavirus test being used to diagnose people at the White House including President Trump's valet and Mike Pence's press secretary may miss up to half of all positive cases, a new study suggests, meaning more people in Trump's inner circle may be have the virus but are unaware. It comes on the heels of at least a dozen …

New coronavirus test is an imperfect step toward mass screening
4 years, 7 months ago

New coronavirus test is an imperfect step toward mass screening

LA Times  

An image shows the coronavirus emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. “It is too early to tell” what kind of impact the new test will have, said Patricia Simner of Johns Hopkins University, who researches new ways of diagnosing infectious diseases. White House advisor Dr. Deborah Birx and other federal officials have said a “breakthrough” in …

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, …

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 …

How the government delayed coronavirus testing
4 years, 9 months ago

How the government delayed coronavirus testing

CNN  

CNN — A weeks-long testing delay that effectively blinded public health officials to the spread of the coronavirus in the US might have been avoided had federal agencies fully enacted their own plan to ramp up testing during a national health crisis. “And meanwhile, the academic laboratories who had developed their own tests also were not able to test because …

CDC Director Redfield Speaks On The Potential Arc Of The Coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

CDC Director Redfield Speaks On The Potential Arc Of The Coronavirus

NPR  

CDC Director Redfield Speaks On The Potential Arc Of The Coronavirus MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Of the many, many questions raised by the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps the most basic on many of our minds is this. When we hear the president talk about reopening the economy, when you and I speak about returning to something resembling normal life, how can …

Coronavirus: Experts debunk Trump claims he inherited faulty test
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Experts debunk Trump claims he inherited faulty test

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Donald Trump falsely …

California is still way behind in coronavirus testing despite recent advances
4 years, 9 months ago

California is still way behind in coronavirus testing despite recent advances

LA Times  

A man drops off his self-administered COVID-19 test in a blue bin at a drive-up test site at the Veterans Administration Parking Lot 15 outside of Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles on April 7, 2020. State health officials have ramped up coronavirus testing in recent days, but California still lags behind most other states, leaving potentially thousands of undiagnosed …

Internal emails reveal how chaos at the CDC hindered the response to coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Internal emails reveal how chaos at the CDC hindered the response to coronavirus

Salon  

On Feb. 13, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent out an email with what the author described as an "URGENT" call for help. However, the CDC's own guidance from a month prior, distributed to the states on Jan. 17, had a footnote that said that "fever may not be present in some patients," such as people who …

March 27, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 9 months ago

March 27, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Federal health officials on Friday green-lit a point-of-care coronavirus test that can provide results in less than 15 minutes, using the same technology that powers some rapid flu tests. Teased by Vice President Mike Pence in a Thursday press briefing, the new diagnostic could accelerate testing in the United States, allowing for rapid results in doctors’ offices. All FDA-authorized tests, …

March 27, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 9 months ago

March 27, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

Federal health officials on Friday green-lit a point-of-care coronavirus test that can provide results in less than 15 minutes, using the same technology that powers some rapid flu tests. Teased by Vice President Mike Pence in a Thursday press briefing, the new diagnostic could accelerate testing in the United States, allowing for rapid results in doctors’ offices. All FDA-authorized tests, …

Coronavirus: Private clinic defends charging £375 for test
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: Private clinic defends charging £375 for test

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} A private …

A coronavirus test can be developed in 24 hours. So why are some countries still struggling to diagnose?
4 years, 9 months ago

A coronavirus test can be developed in 24 hours. So why are some countries still struggling to diagnose?

CNN  

CNN — In the first week of January, reports emerged that a mysterious new form of pneumonia had affected dozens of people in China. “But in the end, we don’t need money.” The test kit Olfert Landt designed, displayed at his production facility in Berlin, Germany, on March 6, 2020. “What drives us to do this work is to try …

Testing blunders crippled US response as coronavirus...
4 years, 9 months ago

Testing blunders crippled US response as coronavirus...

Daily Mail  

A series of missteps at the nation's top public health agency caused a critical shortage of tests for coronavirus, hobbling the federal response as the pandemic spread across the country like wildfire, an Associated Press review found. In February, as the virus began taking root in the US population, CDC data shows government labs processed 352 COVID-19 tests - an …

Testing blunders crippled US response as coronavirus spread
4 years, 9 months ago

Testing blunders crippled US response as coronavirus spread

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A series of missteps at the nation’s top public health agency caused a critical shortage of reliable laboratory tests for the coronavirus, hobbling the federal response as the pandemic spread across the country like wildfire, an Associated Press review found. President Donald Trump assured Americans early this month that the COVID-19 test developed by the Centers for Disease …

Coronavirus testing: US approves rapid test that can detect in 45 minutes
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus testing: US approves rapid test that can detect in 45 minutes

Live Mint  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first rapid coronavirus diagnostic test, with a detection time of about 45 minutes, as the United States struggles to meet the demand for coronavirus testing. The test's developer, California-based molecular diagnostics company Cepheid, said on Saturday it had received an emergency use authorization from the FDA for the test, which will …

Here’s why the US is behind in coronavirus testing
4 years, 9 months ago

Here’s why the US is behind in coronavirus testing

CNN  

CNN — As the US has lagged behind other advanced nations in testing for the coronavirus, former government officials and public health experts point to a series of policy and procedural decisions that they say hindered the nation’s response to the pandemic. Asked Friday whether the US can currently meet demand for tests, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of National Institute …

Coronavirus testing hits another snag as labs need emergency funding to meet high demand
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus testing hits another snag as labs need emergency funding to meet high demand

LA Times  

Roper St. Francis Healthcare employee Raeanne Castillo, right, gives specimen collection kits to a LabCorp worker at the hospital’s office in North Charleston, S.C. One week after the Trump administration promised a massive expansion of free coronavirus testing, the commercial labs tasked with the effort say they need emergency funding to meet rapidly increasing demand, marking the latest snag in …

Coronavirus testing: WHO and CDC never discussed providing test kits to the US, global health agency says
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus testing: WHO and CDC never discussed providing test kits to the US, global health agency says

CNN  

CNN — As the United States struggled to launch testing for the novel coronavirus using kits developed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization shipped hundreds of thousands of tests to countries around the world. US officials face questions about WHO test During CNN’s coronavirus town hall last week, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. …

As testing ramps up, many doctors and patients are still experiencing problems
4 years, 9 months ago

As testing ramps up, many doctors and patients are still experiencing problems

CNN  

CNN — The head of the World Health Organization has a simple message for all countries about who should be tested for coronavirus: “Test, test, test. “We need to make testing available so that we get to the frontier of the cases, so that the moment someone develops symptoms, we test and quarantine them…that’s how you nip an epidemic in …

Opinion: Early Coronavirus Testing Failures Will Cost Lives
4 years, 9 months ago

Opinion: Early Coronavirus Testing Failures Will Cost Lives

NPR  

Opinion: Early Coronavirus Testing Failures Will Cost Lives Enlarge this image toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP Ted S. Warren/AP The other night, I had a patient in the ER where I work come in with fever, cough and shortness of breath. After the first confirmed case appeared in the United States on Jan. 20, scientists in Seattle who had been …

FACT CHECK: Trump's Accusations About The Obama Administration And Swine Flu
4 years, 9 months ago

FACT CHECK: Trump's Accusations About The Obama Administration And Swine Flu

NPR  

FACT CHECK: Trump's Accusations About The Obama Administration And Swine Flu Enlarge this image toggle caption The White House via Getty Images The White House via Getty Images Updated at 5:39 p.m. In a series of tweets Friday morning, Trump accused former President Barack Obama of making unspecified changes that "complicated" the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention's testing system. …

US health official says coronavirus testing system is ‘failing’
4 years, 9 months ago

US health official says coronavirus testing system is ‘failing’

Al Jazeera  

The US states hit the hardest by the coronavirus outbreak are struggling to make testing for the virus widely available. The top United States official on infectious diseases, Anthony Fauci, said on Thursday that people could not get tests for the deadly coronavirus easily and the US testing system is not meeting the country’s needs. But we’re not.” New York …

Coronavirus test: confusion over availability and criteria is leaving sick people wondering if they’re infected
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus test: confusion over availability and criteria is leaving sick people wondering if they’re infected

CNN  

CNN — A group of first responders in Washington state, a scientist in California, a woman at an assisted living facility in Florida – all worried because they believe they might have novel coronavirus but say they can’t get tested. Their stories came into CNN’s tip line even as Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday told CNN’s morning show, “New …

Home Coronavirus Test Kits May Soon Be Coming To Seattle
4 years, 9 months ago

Home Coronavirus Test Kits May Soon Be Coming To Seattle

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Seattle area, a center of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, may soon get at-home test kits, thanks to funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, according to a report. The new Seattle-area testing initiative will work with another local virus-monitoring program, the Seattle Flu Study, which sends flu testing kits to people in order to help …

Trump serves up irresponsible and dangerous information on coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump serves up irresponsible and dangerous information on coronavirus

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. CNN — On Sunday morning, Donald Trump took to Twitter to try to convince you that his administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has been “perfectly coordinated and fine tuned.” He then made it …

Officials And Insurers Are Pushing To Make Coronavirus Testing Free
4 years, 10 months ago

Officials And Insurers Are Pushing To Make Coronavirus Testing Free

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING State government officials and insurance companies are now pushing to make sure people who need to be tested for the coronavirus aren’t put off by the cost as the illness continues to spread around the country. Also on board with free testing is America’s Health Insurance Plans, a major insurance trade group, which announced Thursday that its …

Coronavirus Test Kits Are In Shortly Supply, Vice President Pence Says
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus Test Kits Are In Shortly Supply, Vice President Pence Says

NPR  

Coronavirus Test Kits Are In Shortly Supply, Vice President Pence Says The Trump administration promises to expand testing across the U.S. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Lauren Sauer of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response about the testing. She is the operations director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, and she's …

Chaos at hospitals due to shortage of coronavirus testing
4 years, 10 months ago

Chaos at hospitals due to shortage of coronavirus testing

LA Times  

A researcher works in a lab that is developing a test for the coronavirus last week in Nutley, N.J. As COVID-19 cases spike, the testing needed to help stem the spread of the disease remains below what is needed to address the growing crisis, with healthcare workers across the state reporting widespread failings in the response by local and federal …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s mislaid blame on Obama for virus test
4 years, 10 months ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s mislaid blame on Obama for virus test

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his officials are falsely asserting that they’ve accelerated coronavirus testing by easing a restrictive policy introduced by the Obama administration. That means no legal authority was hindering the Trump administration when it earlier decided to limit testing to public health labs using the CDC test. “All they did was reverse a policy that they …

March 4, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 10 months ago

March 4, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing on the administration's coronavirus response in the press briefing room of the White House on March 3. Drew Angerer/Getty Images As the Trump administration struggles to clear up confusion and mixed signals over testing amid concerns that tests were not being made available soon enough, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday …

March 4, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years, 10 months ago

March 4, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a briefing on the administration's coronavirus response in the press briefing room of the White House on March 3. Drew Angerer/Getty Images As the Trump administration struggles to clear up confusion and mixed signals over testing amid concerns that tests were not being made available soon enough, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday …

Pence: ‘Any American can be tested’ for coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Pence: ‘Any American can be tested’ for coronavirus

CNN  

CNN — Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday evening said that “any American can be tested” for the novel coronavirus, as the Trump administration struggled to clear up confusion and mixed signals over testing amid concerns that tests were not being made available soon enough. Pence said in an off-camera briefing at the White House that there was new guidance …

US government under scrutiny over delays in coronavirus testing
4 years, 10 months ago

US government under scrutiny over delays in coronavirus testing

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – More coronavirus cases are expected in the United States amid efforts to ramp up testing for the disease, officials say, after weeks of delays and faulty test kits led the virus to circulate undetected. “As we expand testing we will certainly pick up additional cases,” said Peter Jay Hotez, professor and dean at the National School of …

CDC Testing Limits May Have Delayed Coronavirus Response In Washington State
4 years, 10 months ago

CDC Testing Limits May Have Delayed Coronavirus Response In Washington State

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Genetic sequencing of two cases of the novel coronavirus in Washington state suggests the disease had been circulating in the state for six weeks — but went undetected because of strict testing restrictions set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a scientist who compared the genetic fingerprints. Bedford attributed the lack of earlier …

FDA Expands Coronavirus Testing After CDC Glitches Undermine Fight Against Disease
4 years, 10 months ago

FDA Expands Coronavirus Testing After CDC Glitches Undermine Fight Against Disease

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect Americans from the new coronavirus has been hamstrung by a flawed test for the disease and limited access to a reliable analysis, resulting in significant delays to determine which people have the virus, according to officials and experts. “We will continue to help to …

CDC Has Fixed Issue Delaying Coronavirus Testing In U.S., Health Officials Say
4 years, 10 months ago

CDC Has Fixed Issue Delaying Coronavirus Testing In U.S., Health Officials Say

NPR  

CDC Has Fixed Issue Delaying Coronavirus Testing In U.S., Health Officials Say Enlarge this image toggle caption Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Updated at 11:50 a.m. ET Federal health officials say they have resolved a problem that has hindered wide testing for the new coronavirus in the United States, a crucial practice for fighting the spread of the dangerous …

US coronavirus: Some test kits shipped to states are flawed, CDC says
4 years, 10 months ago

US coronavirus: Some test kits shipped to states are flawed, CDC says

CNN  

CNN — Some of the coronavirus test kits shipped to labs across the country are not working as they should, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The kits were sent to the states to speed up the testing process, the CDC’s Nancy Messonnier told reporters Wednesday. “When some states were doing this, we received feedback that they …

Second US evacuee from China tests positive for coronavirus
4 years, 10 months ago

Second US evacuee from China tests positive for coronavirus

Daily Mail  

A second US evacuee from China has been diagnosed with coronavirus after the CDC admitted its test kits are flawed. The latest confirmed case comes hours after a senior CDC official Nancy Messonnier revealed that a number of coronavirus test kits sent out by US health authorities to labs across the country are faulty. The patient was aboard a flight …

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