Photo by pixelheadphoto digitalskillet / Shutterstock.com As we grow older, many of us worry about developing dementia. Now, a new blood test may detect if you are at risk for the disease 20 years before symptoms appear. On July 28, researchers at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference unveiled the results …
Read More »9-Day Waits for Test Results Threaten N.Y.C.’s Ability to Contain Virus
Nearly four months after the pandemic’s peak, New York City is facing such serious delays in returning coronavirus test results that public health experts are warning that the problems could hinder efforts to reopen the local economy and schools. Despite repeated pledges from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill …
Read More »Yelp: Bunsen lets us test products at scale
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today Last Chance: Register for Transform, VB’s AI event of the year, hosted online July 15-17. Yelp runs hundreds of experiments to ensure new features within its apps and website remain aligned with key business …
Read More »Oculus Quest adds beta test for voice commands in U.S. English
Oculus Quest’s latest system software makes voice commands available as a beta feature to United States-based English speakers. Version 18 of the Oculus Quest software is beginning to roll out this week, and if you have the redesigned universal menu on your Quest, you can find it in “Settings > …
Read More »Here’s How Wuhan Plans to Test All 11 Million of Its People for Coronavirus
Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic began, has announced an ambitious plan to test all of its 11 million residents for the virus in the coming days, a campaign that will be closely watched by governments elsewhere. The testing drive, which is likely to require the mobilization of …
Read More »F.D.A. Approves First Antigen Test for Detecting the Coronavirus
[Follow our live world updates on the Coronavirus pandemic and outbreak.] The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first antigen test that can rapidly detect whether a person has been infected by the coronavirus, a significant advancement that promises to greatly expand the nation’s testing capacity. The test, by …
Read More »LetsGetChecked raises $71 million for at-home coronavirus test kits
LetsGetChecked, a company that develops at-home health-testing kits covering various conditions, has raised $ 71 Million in an “oversubscribed” series C round of funding to accelerate the production and supply capacity for a new COVID-19 testing kit. The raise fits into a broader telehealth trend, that has seen numerous startups …
Read More »Just Spit and Wait: New Coronavirus Test Offers Advantages
A new test for the coronavirus is so simple and straightforward, almost anyone could do it: Spit a glob of saliva into a cup, close the lid and hand it over. While not as fast to process as the speediest swab tests, saliva tests could transform the diagnosis of Covid-19. …
Read More »My Coronavirus Test: 5 Days, a Dozen Calls, Hours of Confusion
Almost a dozen calls with five health care providers over five hours. Two hours of hold music. Two hours in a hospital. Four days of anxiously checking an online portal for results. And lots of confusion. That’s the winding path through bureaucracy that took me from placing my first phone …
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