covid screening

CDC reverses course on testing for asymptomatic people exposed to COVID-19

There has again been a change in guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), after the public health officials, mentioning that asymptomatic people who come in contact with COVID-19 have to be tested.

More than 97,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 in last two weeks of July, report says

A report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association reveals how easily children can get infected by coronavirus. Inspite of this report thousands of students have started returning to classrooms this week.

No accurate tracking of healthcare workers lost to COVID-19, led her to stay up at night cataloging the dead

A woman was found dead at home for atleast 12 hours, with only her 4-year-old daughter by her side. Her early reports revealed that she was 42, a mammogram technician at a hospital and most certainly a COVID-19 patient.

FDA has authorized its first COVID-19 test for screening people without symptoms

The FDA has authorized its first COVID-19 diagnostic for the purpose of broad-based screening. This would include people who haven’t shown any symptoms and those who don’t suspect having come in contact with someone suffering from COVID-19.