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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· 57 minutes 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· 2 days agoNew Brunswick is mulling the future of its COVID-19 rapid point-of-care testing program, as the...
International study compares rapid antigen tests and highlights poor performance in some
Medical Xpress· 1 hour agoOut of the total 26 RATs compared, only six were found to be effective at detecting the lowest...
Reasons to Retain Quest Diagnostics (DGX) Stock for Now
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 3 hours agoIn 2024, Quest Diagnostics is set to launch its first MRD test to physicians following the...
New Cedar Rapids elementary reading curriculum expected to improve literacy
The Gazette· 4 days agoReading scores of elementary students in the district are below the state average of 65 percent of...
Heroin testing could 'save lives' after North Devon drug deaths
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days ago'A lot of unknowns' The rapid response test strips, which operate in a similar fashion to a Covid ...
The vocabulary of disinformation
The Economist· 37 minutes agoTHE WORDS disinformation and misinformation are often used interchangeably. Disinformation is when false information is spread with the intent to deceive, often as part of a co-ordinated campaign ...
MRNA Vaccine Fights Deadly Brain Tumor in Small Trial
US News & World Report· 8 hours agoAn experimental cancer vaccine can quickly reprogram a person’s immune system to attack glioblastoma, the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, a small, preliminary study has found ...
You Can Test Your Blood for 50 Kinds of Cancer
The Atlantic· 4 hours agoIt takes a certain amount of confidence to call your biotech company Grail. According to its website, the Menlo Park–based firm got its name because its “co-founders believed a simple blood ...
Murphy on Second Wave of COVID-19: ‘It is Coming Now!'
New Jersey Business Magazine· 2 days agoDuring a Facebook Live COVID-19 briefing today, Gov. Phil Murphy sounded the alarm on a “second...
