Genetic Variants in Very Sick COVID Patients May Explain Differences in Illness
Findings about the role of structural variants in the host-virus interaction point toward the need to look for genetic variations, ideally via blood assay.
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Handheld COVID Breathalyzer Could Allow Mass Screening in Public Spaces
Researchers developed a prototype, handheld “breathalyzer” that can sensitively and accurately diagnose COVID-19 in less than 5 minutes.
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InteliSwab COVID Rapid Tests are FDA Authorized for Pediatric Use
OraSure conducted studies to evaluate the performance of the test in a pediatric population, and evaluated usability and tolerability by children.
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How Consumers Interpret COVID-19 At-Home Test Results
Researchers also found that CDC information for consumers was hard to follow, distributed across multiple webpages, poorly summarized, and not consistent.
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FDA: Class 1 Recall of Empowered Diagnostics COVID Tests
The FDA issued a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall, for two Empowered Diagnostics COVID-19 Tests.
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