crackdown — Regulatory "flexibility" was never meant to allow fraud, agency says. Beth Mole - May 5, 2020 10:46 pm UTC Enlarge / MAY 4, 2020: A health worker handles a blood sample on the first day of a free COVID-19 antibody testing event. After a gush of bogus coronavirus blood tests, the US Food…
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Health Secretary Matt Hancock arrives at 10 Downing Street on 1 May 2020Alberto Pezzali/AP/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 6 pm on 1 May UK government hits 100,000 daily tests target by including unanalysed tests UK health secretary Matt Hancock said that the…
An illustration shows spiky antigens studding the virus's outer coat. Tests under development that look for these antigens might be faster than PCR tests for diagnosing COVID-19, proponents say. But the tests might still need PCR-test confirmation. Sergii Iaremenko/Science Photo Library/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sergii Iaremenko/Science Photo Library/Getty Images An illustration shows spiky…
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Published 8:27 am PDT, Wednesday, April 29, 2020 A medical professional administers a coronavirus (covid-19) test at a drive thru testing location conducted by staffers from University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) in the parking lot of the Bolinas Fire Department April 20, 2020 in Bolinas, California. The town of…
Published: April 27, 2020 at 2:35 a.m. ET A trial in a New York hospital is testing the heartburn medication Pepcid as a treatment for COVID-19, according to a report in Science. Pepcid, a generic drug marketed by Merck MRK, +0.68% and Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.41%, is being tested on 187 COVID-19 patients in…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…