Medical Testing

Three lessons for the pilot program to to scale up home use of Covid-19 rapid tests

Fri, 2021-10-15 10:50 — mike kraft

3 lessons for the effort to scale up Covid-19 rapid tests The slow and sometimes troubled rollout of a Covid-19 rapid test pilot program offers three key lessons for scaling up the use of the tests. Erin Mershon STAT

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U.S. to lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals

Fri, 2021-10-15 10:24 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: FDA advisory panel discusses J&J booster; U.S. to lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers Assistant White House press secretary Kevin Munoz said the United States will lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international travelers on Nov. 8. Washington Post

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FDA unlikely to rule on Merck’s COVID pill before December

Thu, 2021-10-14 17:59 — mike kraft

FDA unlikely to rule on Merck's COVID pill before December WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will ask its outside experts to meet in late November to scrutinize Merck's pill to treat COVID-19. The Nov. 30 meeting means U.S. AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will ask its outside experts to meet in late November to scrutinize Merck’s pill to treat COVID-19.

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Covid testing, turnaround times still uneven, a problem for many people who need fast results

Thu, 2021-10-14 11:43 — mike kraft

Why does it still take so long to get Covid test results? Unpredictable waits can be a problem for people trying to plan travel, return to school from quarantine or get lifesaving treatment. NBC News

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EU starts real-time review of AstraZeneca COVID-19 antibody cocktail

Thu, 2021-10-14 11:02 — mike kraft

EU starts real-time review of AstraZeneca COVID-19 antibody cocktail Europe's drug regulator said on Thursday it had started a real-time review of AstraZeneca's antibody-based COVID-19 therapy, the first protective shot other than vaccines against coronavirus. Reuters Reuters

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Breakthrough infections might not be a big transmission risk. New informaton

Wed, 2021-10-13 09:52 — mike kraft

Breakthrough infections might not be a big transmission risk. Here's the evidence Are vaccinated people who get COVID as likely to spread the infection as unvaccinated people? Scientists don't think so. NPR.org

Conventional wisdom says that if you're vaccinated and you get a breakthrough infection with the coronavirus, you can transmit that infection to someone else and make that person sick.

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