Medical Testing

FDA issues alert on ‘limitations’ of pulse oximeters, which have accuracy problems with darker skin personsth

Tue, 2021-02-23 01:48 — mike kraft

FDA issues alert on the 'limitations' of pulse oximeters Experts and lawmakers have expressed concern about potential racial disparities in the readings of pulse oximeters. Erin Brodwin STAT

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ANALYSIS: Most vaccine clinical trials fail to report data on participants’ ethnicity or race

Fri, 2021-02-19 18:33 — mike kraft

Most vaccine trials fail to report data on participant ethnicity or race - STAT Of the 230 trials researchers examined, more than 40% did not record participants’ race and about 65% did not report their ethnicity. Nicholas St. Fleur STAT

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The difficulties in enrolling teenagers for vaccine test trials.

Thu, 2021-02-18 17:06 — mike kraft

Teenagers contract the novel coronavirus almost twice as often as younger children but vaccines authorized in the United States are mostly for adults — Moderna’s for 18 and older, Pfizer’s for 16 and up.

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Oxford University begins major international trial of potential Covid-19 drug treatments

Thu, 2021-02-18 16:49 — mike kraft

Oxford University's major therapeutics trial goes international A major UK trial of potential Covid-19 treatments has started to enrol patients in other countries in the hope of speeding up results, Oxford University said on Thursday. By <a href="/profiles/sarah-faidell">Sarah Faidell</a>, <a href="/profiles/brad-lendon">Brad Lendon</a>, <a href="/profiles/joshua-berlinger">Joshua Berlinger</a>, Mary Ilyushina and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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White House says it's not looking to require COVID-19 tests before domestic flights

Sat, 2021-02-13 16:29 — mike kraft

White House says it's not looking to require COVID-19 tests before The White House says it’s not currently looking to require passengers to get COVID-19 tests before domestic flights. Jordan Williams TheHill

The White House says it’s not currently looking to require passengers to get COVID-19 tests before domestic flights.

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Study lists top point-of-care COVID-19 tests

Fri, 2021-02-12 01:03 — mike kraft

Point-of-care COVID-19 tests: Study lists top performers - Outbreak News Today After screening more than 1,100 independently assessed, point-of-care COVID-19 tests, researchers at NSF International and Novateur Ventures have identified 5 direct (antigen/RNA) tests for detection of acute infection and 6 indirect (antibody) tests for detection of prior infection that meet the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) “desirable” Target Product Profile (TPP) criteria. The researchers […] Press Release Outbreak News Today

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The controversy over rapid coronavirus tests: a guide

Tue, 2021-02-09 19:01 — mike kraft

Rapid coronavirus tests: a guide for the perplexed Scientists still debate whether millions of cheap, fast diagnostic kits will help control the pandemic. Here’s why. Giorgia Guglielmi nature

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Study measures reductions in coronavirus transmissions by vaccinated persons--Israeli lab

Tue, 2021-02-09 18:38 — mike kraft

Vaccinated people less likely to transmit coronavirus, Israeli study suggests Nation's largest testing lab publishes research showing older group's viral load fell compared to younger cohort once most Israelis 60+ had received Pfizer-BioNTech shot timesofisrael

Israel’s largest COVID-19 testing lab says it has found evidence indicating that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine significantly reduces the transmissibility of the coronavirus, offering a tentative answer to one of the world’s most burning questions.

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South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive following small clinical trial

Mon, 2021-02-08 03:56 — mike kraft

South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa has suspended plans to inoculate its front-line health care workers with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it isn't... AP NEWS

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UK backs CureVac effort to make vaccine for COVID variants U.S. rushes to catch up

Fri, 2021-02-05 16:15 — mike kraft

UK backs CureVac effort to make vaccine for COVID variants LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government announced Friday that it plans to work with a German biopharmaceutical company to develop vaccines targeting emerging variants of COVID-19 as public health... AP NEWS

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government announced Friday that it plans to work with a German biopharmaceutical company to develop vaccines targeting emerging variants of COVID-19 as public health officials call for new tools to keep the virus in check as it mutates.

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