Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Provides Promised Transparency for Antibody Tests Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted a list of antibody tests that are being removed from the “notification list” of tests being offered under the Policy for Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
F.D.A. Clears First Home Saliva Test for Coronavirus The Food and Drug Administration is permitting a Rutgers lab to start selling spit-collection kits to detect the coronavirus. The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had granted emergency… Continue Reading →
L.A. is using a streamlined coronavirus test. But it has potential risks and rewards When the coronavirus hit, Los Angeles County faced a testing crisis. Officials had only one test processing machine at its laboratory in Downey and had little… Continue Reading →
Saliva COVID Test Alternative to Deep Nasal Swab By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, April 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus can be an unpleasant affair, with a doctor or nurse shoving a cotton swab deep… Continue Reading →
Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Can You Trust the Results? A team of scientists worked around the clock to evaluate 14 antibody tests. A few worked as advertised. Most did not. The researchers worked around the clock, in shifts of three to… Continue Reading →