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Health / Medical / National

FDA Authorizes Antigen Test as First Over-the-Counter Fully At-Home Diagnostic Test for COVID-19

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first over-the-counter (OTC) fully at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19. The Ellume COVID-19 …

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Health and Human Services Announces Upcoming Funding Action to Provide $186 Million for COVID-19 Response
Infectious Diseases / National

HHS Launches Pilot Program of Fast Molecular POC Test for COVID-19

November 23, 2020November 21, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a pilot program with five states to use portable, cartridge-based COVID-19 molecular test kits that provide …

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HHS Teams Up with The Rockefeller Foundation to Share Best Practices for Increased COVID-19 Testing
Health / Medical / National

HHS Teams Up with The Rockefeller Foundation to Share Best Practices for Increased COVID-19 Testing

October 7, 2020October 6, 2020 - by MyChesCo

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and The Rockefeller Foundation have signed an agreement to identify and share effective approaches for using rapid point-of-care (POC) antigen tests …

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Abbott BinaxNOW Ag Card rapid test
Health / Medical / National

Trump Administration Deploys Abbott BinaxNOW Tests to States

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 - by MyChesCo

The Trump Administration is detailing the national distribution plan for the Abbott BinaxNOW Ag Card rapid test to assist Governors’ efforts to continue to safely reopen their states. BinaxNOW is …

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Food and Drug Administration
Government / Health / Medical / National

FDA Authorizes First Diagnostic Test Where Results Can Be Read Directly From Testing Card

August 29, 2020August 29, 2020 - by MyChesCo

SILVER SPRING, MD — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the first antigen test where results can be read directly from the testing card, a …

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Governor Wolf at PEMA
Business / Government / Pennsylvania

Wolf Administration: Medical Device Company OraSure Expansion to Increase COVID-19 Testing Capabilities, Bring New Jobs

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 - by MyChesCo

HARRISBURG, PA — Governor Tom Wolf announced that OraSure Technologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of rapid diagnostic tests, collection and stabilization devices headquartered in Northampton County, will expand its …

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Siemens Healthineers
Medical Products / Products and Services

FDA Clears SOMATOM On.site from Siemens Healthineers for CT Head Exams at Patient’s Bedside

August 9, 2020August 8, 2020 - by MyChesCo

MALVERN, PA — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the SOMATOM On.site, a mobile head computed tomography (CT) scanner from Siemens Healthineers that enables a critically ill patient …

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Tower Health Physician and Patient Team Up to Encourage Community to Continue Routine Mammogram Screening
Cancer

Tower Health Physician and Patient Team Up to Encourage Community to Continue Routine Mammogram Screening

July 18, 2020July 17, 2020 - by MyChesCo

When COVID-19 arrived in our communities many individuals opted to delay important routine care, such as mammograms, to avoid potential exposure to the virus.

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Nursing
Government / Health / Medical / National

Trump Administration Announces Initiative for More and Faster COVID-19 Testing in Nursing Homes

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week announced a large-scale procurement of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -authorized rapid point-of-care diagnostic test …

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Food and Drug Administration
Government / Health / Medical / National

FDA Issued Emergency Use Authorization for Point of Care Antigen Test

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 - by MyChesCo

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 antigen diagnostic test, the BD (Becton Dickinson) Veritor System for Rapid Detection …

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