Crain’s Detroit Business Retailers in the city of Detroit could get “detailed plans” next week for how they can reopen safely amid the coronavirus crisis, Mayor Mike Duggan said Wednesday. Michigan is in the third phase, or “flattening” phase, of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s six-phase reopening plan. Duggan said he expects the fourth phase, “improving,” to start […]
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360dx NEW YORK – Opko Health’s BioReference Laboratories announced Wednesday it has entered an agreement with the Westchester Medical Center Health Network to provide laboratory administrative services, operations, reference testing, and outpatient lab services. The 10-hospital health system, headquartered in Valhalla, New York, performs more than 7 million lab tests every year, and under the […]
USA Today New Jersey aims to double its COVID-19 testing capacity to close to 20,000 people a day by the end of May as officials weigh the decision to relax monthslong restrictions and reopen the economy, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday. The state also plans to recruit at least 1,000 more contact tracers and pay them to track the movements […]
Bloomberg There’s no hard evidence that antibodies to the virus that causes Covid-19 provide immunity Covid-19 antibody tests are suddenly everywhere. A West Palm Beach spa that normally offers Botox and collagen treatments touts tests on Instagram. A New York City urgent-care chain emails patients that the tests are available, though “not 100% accurate.” A chiropractic clinic in […]
Modern Healthcare NEW YORK – Four months since the first COVID-19 case was reported in the U.S., the demand for testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus still far outpaces the supply, even as test developers scramble to increase their testing capacity and new types of tests make their way into the market. Despite assurances early on […]
NY-12 (Rep. Carolyn Maloney) Dear Friend, Today, I sent a letter to President Trump asking him to fulfill his commitment to New York State by authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to cover the full costs of our emergency response to the coronavirus pandemic. New York is the worst-hit state in the nation and we […]
Reuters * OPKO HEALTH’S BIOREFERENCE LABORATORIES LAUNCHES COVID-19 ANTIBODY SCREENING FOR NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS * BIOREFERENCE LABORATORIES – TESTING WILL INITIALLY BE PERFORMED FOR 140,000 RESIDENTS AT FIVE LOCATIONS * BIOREFERENCE LABORATORIES – COVID-19 TEST RESULTS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE WITHIN 1-3 DAYS, ON AVERAGE Click here for original post on Reuters
Modern Healthcare Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., the country has struggled with a lack of nucleic acids tests to diagnose the virus. Recently, though, a number of labs, including the country’s largest reference labs have said that not only are they able to fulfill all current PCR test requests, but that they […]
NBC New York Up to 5,000 people per day will be tested for free at five locations around the city New York City will launch free COVID-19 antibody testing next week, with an eventual plan to let up to 140,000 people get tested to see if they’ve had the virus. Tests will be offered by […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended protections for New Yorkers unable to pay their rent, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio set an ambitious goal to test 140,000 people for coronavirus antibodies by early next month. The state’s daily death toll was 231. More on the latest pandemic-related […]