Tests Assist in Confirming the Presence of Antibodies to the Virus that Causes COVID-19 Serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 are intended for individuals who may have had COVID-19 symptoms but are no ...
Children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), or those who have been infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), may have prolonged symptoms such as headache, ...
As more and more COVID-19 data are collected, the clearer our picture of the novel disease becomes. One of the most important pieces of the puzzle (though we stress that it is nevertheless only one ...
In the scurry to track, isolate and otherwise beat back the global coronavirus pandemic, testing people for traces of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a high priority. But a different ...
The FDA has warned COVID-19 serological test-makers not to overstate the usefulness – or claim federal approval – of their products, cautioning that it may still be too early for such diagnostics to ...
Some think of them as a "quick fix" for getting out of coronavirus quarantine. But there's still a lot we don't know about Covid-19 immunity. As President Trump made moves this week to open the ...
A fascinating new preprint discusses the potential for customized serologic testing in individuals who have or have not been vaccinated against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...
Coronavirus testing in the United States is moving into a new phase as scientists begin looking into people’s blood for signs they’ve been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This ...
The world is enduring a very painful pandemic and everyone wants to get back to normal life as soon as possible. But the tension between the desire to open up the economy and the twin goals of ...
The next phase of testing for the COVID-19 pandemic will hopefully include the roll-out of tests for neutralizing antibodies for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but there are some roadblocks. The FDA’s Tim ...
A new serological test can not only help humanity prepare for and respond to the next pandemic, but it also can be pivotal in the search for viral triggers of diseases like diabetes and celiac disease ...