Testing the tests — And many of the tests available to the public produced variable results. John Timmer - Jun 11, 2020 10:15 am UTC Enlarge / Melissa Cruz elevates her arm after donating COVID-19 convalescent plasma as phlebotomist Jenee Wilson shuts down a machine. How much of an immune response does a SARS-CoV-2 infection…
The NHLS is making inroads in the testing backlog. On Wednesday, the backlog of Covid-19 tests in the country was 63 244.The backlog has been decreasing since the last week of May.The NHLS has the capacity to do 35 000 tests a day, but the availability of test kits, a global problem, hampers this. The…
By Adam Vaughan Issues with UK testing data are making it difficult to monitor the outbreak JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP via Getty Images The UK government won’t say when it will resume reporting the number of people outside of hospitals and care homes being tested for covid-19, after more than two weeks of suspending publication…
recommending coronavirus testing for some people who have no symptoms, but the latest guidance still does not include broad testing at long-term care facilities.State public health officials reversed their earlier stance that the general testing of people without symptoms “is not useful,” highlighting six categories of Oregonians where testing is now recommended.That includes people of…
Posted: Wed 2:00 PM, Jun 03, 2020  |  Updated: Wed 3:05 PM, Jun 03, 2020 MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - (Update: Corrects Milwaukee County's confirmed cases) The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported a record 16,451 coronavirus test results on Wednesday. That's almost 3,000 more than the previous record of 13,602 set last Friday. Fewer than…
4 min read "DAD, HOW CAN I build muscle?" For the past few years I’ve been thinking about building a home gym, and every time I came close, something stopped me. I didn’t have the space. I didn’t have the money. I was never really home—and when I was, disappearing into another part of the
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6 min read IF YOUR SOCIAL media feeds are filled with dumbbell curls and hot takes about training tempo, the same algorithm that might have served you this article has also likely been populated with clips of fitfluencers—like this one and this one—sucking their belly in and standing with their stomach flat like a pancake.