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High-risk patients with COVID symptoms should use PCR rather than rapid tests, study suggests
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 5 days agoStudy findings that reveal a sensitivity of 47% for COVID-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) compared...
Big drop expected in OraSure results as COVID sales fall
WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey· 8 hours agoOraSure Technologies, a maker of medical diagnostic tools, will report first-quarter financial...
COVID daily case rates have dropped this spring, but how reliable is the data?
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFewer people are testing positive for COVID-19. But many may not report the results of home tests, while others don't bother to test ...
What Mission-Driven Government Means | by Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate· 10 hours agoThe COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, and wars have alerted governments to the realities of what it...
Lab practices go under the microscope
Politico· 11 hours agoWith Kelly Hooper ‘GAIN-OF-FUNCTION’ CRACKDOWN — The Biden administration is tightening oversight of high-risk “gain-of-function” research after controversy over the origins of the ...
FLiRT COVID-19 variants are spreading: what to know about KP.2 and KP.1.1 strains
UB Reporter· 18 hours agoPrevention quotes Thomas Russo in an article about the KP.1.1 and KP.2 COVID variants, also known as the FLiRT variant. Russo notes there is not a lot of detail about these ...
The Chinese scientist who sequenced covid is barred from his lab
The Economist· 5 days agoSince covid-19 emerged over four years ago in the central city of Wuhan, the Communist Party has...
‘Reckless’ to discharge people to care homes without Covid tests
Press Association News via AOL· 7 days agoThe commissioner said his office received a lot of contact in the early stages of the pandemic...
Pilot Dick Rutan, First to Fly Around Earth Without Refueling, Dies at 85
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoFamed pilot Richard “Dick” Rutan has died. Rutan earned distinction during a 19-year military career...
Should we worry about getting bird flu from milk?
Gannett via AOL· 15 hours agoBeyond pasteurization, safety measures require the milk of cows that are clearly symptomatic be kept from the milk supply. In addition, the FDA will continue to test regularly ...