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Oxford University begins major international trial of potential Covid-19 drug treatments

Thu, 2021-02-18 10:49 — mike kraft
Oxford University's major therapeutics trial goes international A major UK trial of potential Covid-19 treatments has started to enrol patients in other countries in the hope of speeding up results, Oxford University said on Thursday. By <a href="/profiles/sarah-faidell">Sarah Faidell</a>, <a href="/profiles/brad-lendon">Brad Lendon</a>, <a href="/profiles/joshua-berlinger">Joshua Berlinger</a>, Mary Ilyushina and Ed Upright, CNN CNN
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White House says it's not looking to require COVID-19 tests before domestic flights

Sat, 2021-02-13 10:29 — mike kraft
White House says it's not looking to require COVID-19 tests before The White House says it’s not currently looking to require passengers to get COVID-19 tests before domestic flights. Jordan Williams TheHill

The White House says it’s not currently looking to require passengers to get COVID-19 tests before domestic flights.

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Study lists top point-of-care COVID-19 tests

Thu, 2021-02-11 19:03 — mike kraft
Point-of-care COVID-19 tests: Study lists top performers - Outbreak News Today After screening more than 1,100 independently assessed, point-of-care COVID-19 tests, researchers at NSF International and Novateur Ventures have identified 5 direct (antigen/RNA) tests for detection of acute infection and 6 indirect (antibody) tests for detection of prior infection that meet the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) “desirable” Target Product Profile (TPP) criteria. The researchers […] Press Release Outbreak News Today
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The controversy over rapid coronavirus tests: a guide

Tue, 2021-02-09 13:01 — mike kraft
Rapid coronavirus tests: a guide for the perplexed Scientists still debate whether millions of cheap, fast diagnostic kits will help control the pandemic. Here’s why. Giorgia Guglielmi nature
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Study measures reductions in coronavirus transmissions by vaccinated persons--Israeli lab

Tue, 2021-02-09 12:38 — mike kraft
Vaccinated people less likely to transmit coronavirus, Israeli study suggests Nation's largest testing lab publishes research showing older group's viral load fell compared to younger cohort once most Israelis 60+ had received Pfizer-BioNTech shot timesofisrael

Israel’s largest COVID-19 testing lab says it has found evidence indicating that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine significantly reduces the transmissibility of the coronavirus, offering a tentative answer to one of the world’s most burning questions.

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ANALYSIS: Why the U.S. Is Underestimating Covid Reinfection

Tue, 2021-02-09 12:18 — mike kraft
Why the U.S. Is Underestimating Covid Reinfection Hundreds of Americans suspect they contracted covid early in the pandemic and recovered, only to get infected again months later. But because the U.S. does so little genetic sequencing of covid sam… khnjonela Kaiser Health News

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Some states are not counting Covid-19 antigen tests in tally

Tue, 2021-02-09 10:38 — mike kraft
Covid-19 antigen tests not counted among cases in some states, CNN analysis shows Antigen test results still are not included in the total count of Covid-19 cases for some states -- not even as probable cases, as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN
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Disease experts warn of surge in deaths from Covid variants as US lags in tracking

Mon, 2021-02-08 12:58 — mike kraft
Disease experts warn of surge in deaths from Covid variants as US lags in tracking Despite having a well-developed genomic sequencing infrastructure, a national surveillance program was never enacted the Guardian
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South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive following small clinical trial

Sun, 2021-02-07 21:56 — mike kraft
South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has suspended plans to inoculate its front-line health care workers with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it isn't... AP NEWS
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Calls grow for US to rely on rapid tests to fight pandemic

Sat, 2021-02-06 13:49 — mike kraft
Associated Press News News from The Associated Press, the definitive source for independent journalism from every corner of the globe. AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — When a Halloween party sparked a COVID-19 outbreak at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, school officials conducted rapid screening on more than 1,000 students in a week, including many who didn’t have symptoms.

Although such asymptomatic screening isn’t approved by regulators and the 15-minute tests aren’t as sensitive as the genetic one that can take days to yield results, the testing director at the historically Black college credits the approach with quickly containing the infections and allowing the campus to remain open.

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