The Trump administration will allow coronavirus testing developed by individual laboratories without using Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review, the administration announced Wednesday. Amtners told Politico and the Washington Post that decision came after Health and Human Services (HHS) ruled that the FDA does not have the authority to regulate …
Read More »One-third of Bronx test subjects had coronavirus antibodies
Just over one-third of people tested for antibodies in the Bronx district of New York City returned positive, according to data from the city’s health department released Tuesday. At 33.1 percent, the Bronx has the highest percent positive rate of antibody testing among the city’s five districts. This number represents …
Read More »How long have you been immune to Covid-19 Coronavirus? Here Is What CDC Says
Do you need to retest the Covid-19 coronavirus after recovering from Covid-19? I’m good, … [+] the CDC has some new guidance, sort of. (Photo by Robin Utrecht / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Oh no they did not. The Centers …
Read More »Top Trump official ‘tired of hearing’ criticism over COVID-19 tests
The Trump administration official in charge of the country’s COVID-19 testing strategy said Thursday that the U.S. is doing enough testing and removing critics who say otherwise. “It’s just a false statement – and I’m tired of hearing it from people who are not involved in the system – that …
Read More »Coronavirus cases may have been weeks before they were first discovered in Wuhan and Seattle: researchers
Thousands of cases of the new coronavirus may have circulated early in the wuhan, China and Seattle pandemics, according to research from the University of Texas-Austin published in The Lancet. The study suggests that by the time lockdowns were imposed in both cities, the early epicenters of their respective countries, …
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