Photo by zstock / Shutterstock.com Nobody wants to contract the coronavirus. But if you do, you probably want to know about it — and fast. Now, some major retailers are offering free coronavirus testing. The following retailers announced this week that they also are expanding their testing programs. Recently passed …
Read More »Can Antibody Tests Help End the Coronavirus Pandemic?
A survey of New Yorkers last week found that one in five city residents carried antibodies to the new coronavirus — and in that, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo saw good news. If so many had been infected and survived, he reasoned, the virus may be far less deadly than previously …
Read More »1 in 5 New Yorkers May Have Had Covid-19, Antibody Tests Suggest
One of every five New York City residents tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus, according to preliminary results described by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday that suggested that the virus had spread far more widely than known. If the pattern holds, the results from random testing of 3,000 …
Read More »Mayo Clinic starts using autonomous vehicles to deliver coronavirus tests and medical supplies
The Mayo Clinic today announced a partnership with Bestmile and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) to deploy autonomous shuttles that transport medical equipment and COVID-19 tests collected at the hospital’s drive-thru testing site. The hope is that they’ll expedite the delivery of much-needed supplies while reducing the risk of human …
Read More »Did Federal Officials Really Question W.H.O. Tests for Coronavirus?
At a time when the Trump administration is facing intense criticism for its failure to make coronavirus tests available to millions of nervous Americans, remarks by a federal health official on Tuesday appeared to suggest that the World Health Organization’s diagnostic tests were wildly inaccurate. In a somewhat rambling answer …
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