With the product from Australian company Ellume, users can swab themselves at home and check their status in about 20 minutes
Cancer Screening, Diagnoses Down During Early Pandemic
Higher positivity rate during the early pandemic might reflect prioritizing of higher-risk patients
BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test Has Lower Sensitivity Than RT-PCR
Sensitivity 64.2 and 35.8 percent for specimens from symptomatic and asymptomatic persons, with near 100 percent specificity
Negative COVID-19 Test to Be Required for People Flying to U.S.
Passengers without proof of a negative test will not be allowed to board flights to America
Ischemic Heart, Hypertensive Disease Deaths Up During COVID-19
Second study shows reduction in cardiovascular diagnostic testing across the world during pandemic
Saliva, Nasopharyngeal Samples Equally Sensitive for SARS-CoV-2
Incremental cost of $8,093 per additional detection found with nasopharyngeal swab among individuals without previous SARS-CoV-2
Drive-Through IOP Screening Clinic Feasible During COVID-19
Intraocular pressure screening clinic allows for continued management, including necessary changes in management
Virtual Kidney Transplant Evaluation Possible
Telehealth platform enabled maintenance of wait-list evaluation volume in large kidney transplant program during COVID-19 pandemic
Pandemic Has Disrupted Lung Cancer Screenings
Once operations resumed, decrease seen in new patients screened, proportion of suspicious nodules increased
CDC: Travelers From the U.K. Must Have Negative COVID-19 Test
If a traveler opts not to take a test, the airline must deny boarding the passenger