A group testing approach proposed by a Cornell researcher, in which samples of COVID-19 tests are pooled and analyzed collectively, could potentially curtail the virus's spread through weekly testing of every household in ...
Jun 12, 2020
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There's the idea that cloth masks don't protect people from the coronavirus, so there's no point in wearing them (hint: They do). That COVID-19 is just like the flu (it's not). That it only affects old people (also no).
Jun 4, 2020
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Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University are working on an entirely new way to detect blood clots, especially in pediatric patients.
Jun 4, 2020
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published a pair of studies in a COVID-19 special issue of the Harvard Data Science Review, freely available via open access, ...
May 19, 2020
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Tunisia on Tuesday launched a contact-tracing mobile phone app that identifies and alerts users who may have had contact with others infected with the new coronavirus.
May 19, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Most physicians believe they have seen false-negative results for a COVID-19 diagnostic test, according to the results of a recent survey.
May 18, 2020
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Nearly two million "rapid" antibody tests imported into Australia have been declared useless for determining whether someone has been exposed to the COVID-19 coronavirus.
May 14, 2020
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Widespread testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus is important to both slow the virus and gain information about how widespread it is in the U.S. But a second aspect of testing has gotten less attention: accuracy.
May 6, 2020
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New antibody tests might be game-changers in keeping the public safe from infection while restarting the economy. Giving "immunity passports" to those who have tested positive for having had the disease would allow thousands ...
May 5, 2020
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A widely used rapid COVID-19 test can produce false negatives if a certain solution is used to move or store patients' samples, the test's maker said.
Apr 23, 2020
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