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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· 1 day agoStudy findings that reveal a sensitivity of 47% for COVID-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) compared...
New Brunswick mulls future of COVID-19 rapid tests, as virus kills 2, hospitalizes child under 4
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNew Brunswick is mulling the future of its COVID-19 rapid point-of-care testing program, as the...
This San Diego maker of COVID-19 tests is laying off half its workforce
U-T San Diego· 18 hours agoCue Health, a San Diego biotech that ascended during the pandemic through mega funding and...
The Story Behind Jerry Seinfeld's Pop-Tarts Movie
Time Magazine· 1 hour agoJerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted, a feature film about the heated race to create the toaster pastry Pop-Tarts, starts streaming today (May 3) on Netflix. In...
Heroin testing could 'save lives' after North Devon drug deaths
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days ago'A lot of unknowns' The rapid response test strips, which operate in a similar fashion to a Covid ...
Health tech company lays off 49% of workforce
Becker’s Hospital Review· 11 hours agoBiotech company Cue Health is enacting a new cost-cutting strategy that will lead to the termination of 230 employees, constituting 49% of its workforce, according to documents filed with the ...
Covid lessons remain unlearned as avian flu infects cattle, hospitals say
Politico via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoDisease surveillance is ahead of where it was early in the Covid pandemic. Monitoring the changes in spread through animal populations — as well as decades of experience tracking ...
Infectious disease DNA tester Karius nets $100M to expand liquid biopsy reach
FierceBiotech· 2 hours agoThe Fierce Medtech Fierce 15 winner previously raised $165 million in February 2020, just before the...
International study compares rapid antigen tests and highlights poor performance in some
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoOut of the total 26 RATs compared, only six were found to be effective at detecting the lowest...
ADLM releases guidance to help healthcare professionals navigate respiratory virus testing in a...
FOX 23 News Albany· 23 hours agoThe Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM, formerly AACC) has issued a new guidance document that provides expert recommendations on fundamental areas of clinical testing for ...