Tag: COVID-19

October 7, 2022

Healthcare jobs have finally returned to levels seen in February 2020, right before the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. Stay-at-home orders and other restrictions in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread furloughs and layoffs across all […]

October 6, 2022

Sense Biodetection has signed a strategic agreement with Abacus dx for the non-exclusive distribution of its Veros instrument-free, point-of-care molecular Covid-19 test in Australia and New Zealand. Claimed to be the first and only self-contained, single-use Covid-19 product, Veros produces […]

September 30, 2022

Founded in 1969 in Indianapolis, the Regenstrief Institute is a local, national and global leader dedicated to a world where better information empowers people to end disease and realize true health. A key research partner to Indiana University, Regenstrief and […]

September 15, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has had many deleterious consequences for health care workers, including the challenges of caring for severely ill patients. Resident physicians, in particular, may have been affected by physical as well as psychological consequences of the pandemic. At […]

September 14, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for DiaSorin’s Simplexa COVID-19 Direct kit. The Simplexa COVID-19 Direct kit has been designed for detecting the SARS-CoV-2 virus directly from nasopharyngeal or nasal swab samples. It is developed […]

September 12, 2022

The AHA is concerned that worsening economic conditions will put more rural facilities out of business and leave patients with fewer options for quality care close to home. Already, nearly 46 million people living in rural areas, or 14% of […]

September 9, 2022

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking the next generation of Covid-19 diagnostics, with a focus on improved performance and accessibility. As part of this move, NIH has granted two new funding opportunities, which are part of the Rapid […]

August 31, 2022

Americans may have to pay for their COVID-19 vaccinations as early as January as federal funding for vaccine purchase and distribution runs out and the shots shift to the commercial market, according to Dawn O’Connell, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and […]

August 29, 2022

Labor unions hoping for permanent workplace safety standards to protect healthcare staff from COVID-19 infections in the workplace were dealt a blow Friday when an appeals court denied an emergency petition they filed. Unions pushed heavily for the Occupational Safety […]

August 18, 2022

Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is planning to reorganize the agency amid rising criticism of the its response to the coronavirus pandemic, rising monkeypox cases and other public health crises. The shakeup includes the […]

August 17, 2022

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday announced a “reset” that will focus on making the organization quicker at responding to new health threats amid criticism of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]

August 16, 2022

As more contracts covering unionized healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic come up for expiration, nurses, technicians and other staff are pushing for measures to improve working conditions and safety in the years following the historic […]

August 11, 2022

Researchers at the US University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine have developed a new blood test to measure the body’s immune system response to the Covid-19 vaccine. The first-of-its-kind test can assess antibody and T-cell responses to the Covid-19 […]

August 11, 2022

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it will no longer recommend schools or daycares quarantine students or run test-to-stay programs if students are exposed to COVID-19. The agency also said it is no longer […]

August 5, 2022

The University of Birmingham in the UK has entered a licensing agreement with Covid-19 test provider Innova Medical Group for commercialising its new testing technology in the global markets. The new reverse transcription-free exponential amplification reaction (RTF-EXPAR) technology provides detection […]

August 5, 2022

Two and a half years later, the healthcare industry has nearly recouped all the jobs lost at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerns remain, however. Hospitals in particular have struggled with labor woes throughout the pandemic, especially in the […]

July 29, 2022

The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Reinfections, severe outcomes may be more common with […]

July 28, 2022

When reports showed COVID-19 vaccination rates were lower among racial/ethnic minority groups, most discussions focused on mistrust and misinformation among these populations or their reduced access to health care facilities. But new research from University of California San Diego and […]

July 27, 2022

New research has advanced COVID-19 vaccine work in several ways: using a modified live attenuated mumps virus for delivery, showing that a more stable coronavirus spike protein stimulates a stronger immune response, and suggesting a dose up the nose has […]

July 18, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly changed the lives of people everywhere, disrupting the way they live, work and socialize. With vaccines and treatments now widely available, and the new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus proving less dangerous than the initial […]