The expansion of antibody testing on a national scale by LabCorp and Quest comes amid growing demand for the blood tests as the federal government and states try to decide how to safely reopen the country ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak. LabCorp, which has been offering antibody tests on a limited basis to healthcare systems since…

In the fight against cancer, the spending, praise, and focus have largely been on cancer therapies, rather than diagnostics. In 2018, Jim Allison won the Nobel prize for his work establishing that a novel pathway within a patient’s immune system could be harnessed to fight cancer. This transformative discovery reinvigorated the field of cancer immunotherapy and resulted…

The executive order is meant to prevent shortages of pork, chicken and other products. But unions fear it will endanger workers in the plants, which have become coronavirus hot spots. WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday declared meat processing plants “critical infrastructure,” in an effort to ensure that facilities around the country remained open as…

As Georgia ramps up diagnostic testing for active coronavirus cases, some patients and public health experts fear a weakness in the state’s disease surveillance network isn’t just obtaining enough test kits and supplies but potential false negative results. It’s unclear how common false negative tests are in the U.S., though some preliminary research in China…

According to Columbia University researchers, far-UVC can kill viruses and bacteria on the surface without harming human beings Lighting science technology company Healthe is offering a new product that may be a “game changer” for businesses looking to mitigate the spread of coronavirus as state economies re-open and employees head back to work. The company’s chief technology officer, former NASA scientist…

The Trump administration has posted an update to its plan to reopen the U.S. economy, this time with a slightly different twist on testing. This plan not only calls on local governments to administer tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but also calls for two antibody tests per person under some circumstances, an approach that should…

Can you catch coronavirus again? Why are some people sicker than others? Will it come back every winter? Will a vaccine work? Could immunity passports get some of us back to work? How do we manage the virus in the long-term?  The immune system is at the heart of some of the most important questions…

Trusted advisors share their perspective on what will never be the same again in healthcare. “OVERCOMING THIS THREAT MEANS BEING CHANGED BY THE EXPERIENCE.” —GARY S. KAPLAN, MD, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, VIRGINIA MASON HEALTH SYSTEM, SEATTLE The healthcare industry’s vocabulary has avoided the word “never.” The COVID-19 pandemic has tossed aside squishy, non-committal words like “iteration”…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when rapid investment is needed most, lawmakers should reaffirm their support for research-based innovation. A handful of members of Congress recently sought to block any future coronavirus aid packages unless they include language stripping intellectual property protections and imposing price controls on any coronavirus vaccines and therapies. Lawmakers and the public are understandably concerned about…