Over 186 million Americans have been fully vaccinated as of October 7, 2021. Now what? In August, the government announced booster shots would be available starting on September 20th. Here’s what we know about booster shots up to this point:… Continue Reading →
FDA authorizes Abbott’s fast $5 COVID-19 test A COVID-19 test that takes 15 minutes and can be run without lab equipment was just granted emergency use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration. It will cost $5, and runs on… Continue Reading →
False Positive Results with BD SARS-CoV-2 Reagents for BD Max System The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting clinical laboratory staff and health care providers of an increased risk of a false positive result with BD SARS-CoV-2 Reagents… Continue Reading →
Pooling Coronavirus Tests Can Spare Scarce Supplies, But There’s A Catch Federal health officials are hoping to stretch the supplies used to test for the coronavirus by combining samples from a number of people and running a single test. Chinese… Continue Reading →
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Provides New Tool to Aid Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests That Detect SARS-CoV-2 Infection FDA new step to support the evaluation of diagnostic tests for COVID-19, by providing a SARS-CoV-2 reference panel. Reference panels are… Continue Reading →