Tag: Tests (Medical)
As Poor Nations Seek Covid Pills, Officials Fear Repeat of AIDS Crisis
The cost to UNICEF of Paxlovid — including Pfizer’s insistence that UNICEF keep how much it pays confidential…
Testing Positive for the Coronavirus Overseas: What You Need to Know
I’m positive! Do I need to self-isolate or quarantine?If you test positive, the Centers for Disease Control and…
Moderna Says Trial Suggests Redesigned Vaccines Protect Against Variants
Moderna announced preliminary results Tuesday from its study of a coronavirus vaccine intended to protect against variants, saying…
Are There Better Ways to Track Covid Cases?
When the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus arrived in the United States last fall, it pushed…
Having Covid Can Be Confusing. Here’s What to Expect
The highly contagious subvariant of Omicron, known as BA.2, has prompted concern among health officials as it becomes…
A New Covid Mystery
Still, the shortage of testing does not seem to be the only reason that cases have not surged…
Need a Covid Test? Here’s One, and Take Another.
“What if you don’t use them? It was a good reminder to line the boxes up in order…
Elizabeth Holmes’s Ex-Boyfriend Set to Go on Trial in Theranos Case
Elizabeth Holmes was a star entrepreneur whose trial for defrauding investors in her blood-testing start-up became one of…
Biden Offers More Free Covid Tests Although Demand Has Slowed
The next tranche of tests should be available with a “pretty rapid turnaround,” he added.Public health experts said…
Bob Saget’s Autopsy Report Describes Severe Skull Fractures
Some neurosurgeons said that it would be unusual for a typical fall to cause Mr. Saget’s set of…
A Gene Sequencing Pioneer Battles Over What It Can Buy
Illumina, the leading maker of gene-sequencing machines, is tiny compared with the tech giants of Silicon Valley. But…
Looking for Early Warning Signs of Pancreatic Cancer
An early cancer in the pancreas doesn’t produce a lesion that can be felt, and it rarely causes…