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A new FDA-authorized COVID-19 test doesn’t need a lab and can produce results in just 5 minutes
There’s a new COVID-19 test from healthcare technology maker Abbott that looks to be the fastest yet in terms of…
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Rocket startup Skyrora shifts production to hand sanitizer and face masks for coronavirus response
One of the newer companies attempting to join the rarified group of private space launch startups actually flying payloads to…
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Duke University uses vaporized hydrogen peroxide to clean N95 face masks for reuse
With shortages of N95 face masks persisting nationwide, healthcare facilities are scrambling to find ways to clean and treat the…
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The FDA just okayed multiple 15-minute blood tests to screen for coronavirus, but there are caveats
On Thursday, the FDA amended their emergency policy around diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Following…
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Clearstep’s chatbot offers in-depth COVID-19 screening
We look at an in-depth screener app for COVID-19, U.S. stocks take another tumble and Apple extends its free trial…
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Google sets aside $800M in ads and loans to help in COVID-19 fight
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Friday that his company would be donating more than $800 million in ad credits and…
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NYU makes face shield design for healthcare workers that can be built in under a minute available to all
New York University is among the many academic, private and public institutions doing what it can to address the need…
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US now has the world’s most coronavirus cases
On Thursday, the United States crossed an unfortunate milestone in the global fight against the novel coronavirus: leading the world…
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A Norwegian school quit using video calls after a naked man ‘guessed’ the meeting link
A school in Norway has stopped using popular video conferencing service Whereby after a naked man apparently “guessed” the link…
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Prisma Health develops FDA-authorized 3D-printed device that lets a single ventilator treat four patients
The impending shortage of ventilators for U.S. hospitals is likely already a crisis, but will become even more dire as…
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