Tag: health care
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Phone App Tracking Covid-19 Symptom Reports
A smartphone app is collecting individual reports about Covid-19 symptoms and other health conditions to provide earlier warnings of outbreaks to health authorities.
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Smart Watches Enlisted to Detect Viral Outbreaks
A research institute is asking people with smart watches and activity trackers to donate their data to find early signs of viral disease outbreaks, like Covid-19.
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Consortium to Find Neutralizing Viral Antibodies
A coalition of business and academic labs is creating a process to quickly identify antibodies in blood samples that neutralize viruses like SARS-CoV-2.
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FDA Okays Faster Covid-19 Test, Nixes Home Tests
The Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency clearance for a point-of-care test to detect for the virus causing novel coronavirus or Covid-19 infections.
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Infographic – National Coronavirus Case Severity
While the pandemic is an urgent global problem, the chart makes clear where the threat from the disease is most immediate.
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WHO Beginning Covid-19 Therapy Trial
World Health Organization is organizing an international clinical trial to test four treatments for the novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, pandemic.
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Lilly, Biotech, NIH to Develop Covid-19 Antibodies
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co., a biotechnology company, and an agency of NIH are collaborating on antibodies for novel coronavirus vaccines and therapies.
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FDA Clears High-Volume Covid-19 Test
The Food and Drug Administration cleared for use in the U.S. a high-volume diagnostic for the novel coronavirus that can run on automated systems already in place.
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Gates Funding Covid-19 Vaccine Delivery Device
A biotechnology company developing a vaccine for the Covid-19 virus received funding to scale up a delivery device for the vaccine when it’s available.
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Business-Foundation Alliance Funds Covid-19 Treatments
Two foundations and a credit card company are providing seed money for development and manufacture of treatments for the novel coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic.