As the back-to-school season arrives, parents, educators, and public health officials brace for a potential uptick in COVID-19 cases. August and September mark a time when students return to crowded classrooms, interact closely with peers, and potentially bring home viruses that contribute to community spread. This annual transition, while eagerly anticipated by students and families, poses significant challenges in managing the spread of contagious illnesses, particularly COVID-19.
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New Study Finds 100% Correlation Between Rapid Antigen Test Results and Culturable Virus Levels
Researchers have been studying the question of whether rapid antigen tests are a good indicator of contagiousness, or infectiousness, when it comes to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
JAMA Forum | FDA’s Policy Changes for COVID-19 At-Home Diagnostics—Implications for Addressing Other Infectious Diseases and Future Pandemics
In an article from December 23rd, 2021, Scott Gottlieb, MD from the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC discusses how the most enduring technological innovation of the pandemic so far may be the advent of accurate diagnostic tests
NYTimes Opinion | Rapid Tests Are the Answer to Living With Covid-19
On Friday, October 1st, Michael J. Mina, professor of epidemiology and immunology & infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Steven Phillips, vice president of science and strategy at the Covid Collaborative, contributed a guest essay to the New York Times titled, ‘Rapid Tests Are the Answer to Living With Covid-19’.
Despite Vaccines, the Need for Rapid COVID-19 Tests Remains
The need for rapid COVID-19 tests will certainly continue throughout 2021, despite the great progress made on vaccines. Shots will reach everyone who wants them, sooner or later, but perhaps not as quickly as we may like. Rapid tests could be made available right now, without a prescription, so we don’t have to wait months for the vaccine to arrive.
COVID-19 Cases Still Growing, Links to Academic Papers
On October 24th, the United States tracked 78,702 new infections of Covid-19, a +32% 14-day change. The same day, 871 new COVID-related deaths were counted, this represents a +15% 14-day change. Click to find links to important academic papers from experts at Harvard, the University of Colorado at Boulder, Yale University, and more.