April 24, 2020 | 12:51am Enlarge Image Patients get tested for antibodies at a drive through testing test outside of Delmont Medical Care in Franklin Square, New York. Dennis A. Clark New York City health officials are advising medical providers against using antibody tests to determine coronavirus infections or potential immunity. The serological tests, as…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.President Trump and public health officials argued on Thursday that higher temperatures and humidity, as well as direct exposure to sunlight, quickly kills the coronavirus, leading to hopes that the threat of the contagion could drastically recede during the summer…
The federal agency that oversees nursing homes announced new transparency measures Sunday requiring the disclosure of coronavirus cases to patients' families and public health officials.Speaking at a White House briefing, Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, called the new policies "important" and said they will support a nationwide effort to…
Singapore, renowned for its careful testing, contact tracing and isolation of patients, saw only 10 deaths out of 4,427 cases through April 16. That yields a strikingly low case fatality rate of 0.2 percent, about twice the rate of seasonal influenza.In the United States, the case fatality rate has steadily ticked upward, from about 1.35…
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