COVID-19 LAB TESTS RECEIVING FDA EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION ((s) = Serology Test (a) = Antigen Test (t) = Total Antibody Test (m) = Multi-analyte Test) Date Manufacturer(s) Test … [Read more...]
Genetic Tests
New Guidelines Advise Against Using Polygenetic Risk Scores for Routine Patient Management
September 22, 2020
New guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) advise against using polygenetic risk scores for routine patient management and update previous recommendations for assessing … [Read more...]
Testing Strategy
COVID-19 Retesting Should Be Pushed Back to 4 Weeks to Give Virus Ample Time to Shed
September 22, 2020
How long does it take a person infected with SARS-CoV-2 to finish shedding the virus? Coming up with the answer to this question to make scientifically sound decisions about not only the clinical … [Read more...]
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CDC Withdraws Recommendation of Testing for Asymptomatic Individuals After Close Exposure to COVID-19
September 22, 2020
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) raised eyebrows on Aug. 28 when it revised its COVID-19 testing guidance to suggest that testing is not necessarily a must for asymptomatic … [Read more...]
Emerging Tests
New Initiative Seeks to Standardize SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Tests
September 22, 2020
When the pandemic began, antibody testing was looked to as the kind of ace in the hole that would not only resolve the COVID-19 testing shortage fast and for good but also pave the way for society to … [Read more...]
COVID-19
New Study Shows Saliva-Based SARS-CoV-2 Test to Be at Least as Accurate as Swab Tests
September 22, 2020
Saliva-based tests could go a long way in relieving the supplies shortages that have hampered COVID-19 testing efforts. The question, though, is whether saliva samples yield results as accurate as … [Read more...]
Emerging Tests
COVID-19 Antigen Tests Are Ready for Mass Utilization but Antigen Test Reporting Is Not
September 22, 2020
It will take something on the order of 200 million COVID-19 screening tests per month, as opposed to the 25 million being performed currently, to safely reopen the U.S., estimates a new report from … [Read more...]
