Widespread layoffs amid the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to cut off millions of people from their employer-sponsored health insurance plans.
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Clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies to prevent COVID-19 now enrolling
Two Phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials testing whether experimental monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are now enrolling healthy adults at clinical trial sites in the United States.
Rapid diagnostic for gonorrhea wins $19 million federal prize competition to combat antibiotic resistance
A diagnostic test capable of accurately and reliably detecting the microorganism that causes gonorrhea and rapidly determining in under 30 minutes if the microorganism is susceptible to a single-dose antibiotic is the winner of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Diagnostic Challenge. Visby Medical, Inc., will receive $19 million as a prize for its winning diagnostic.
Cuban Medical Team to Sierra Leone Meet President Bio at State House
Sixteen Cuban Medical Doctors and Nurses, who are in Sierra Leone to help the country’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, have today met His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio at State House.
NIH investing $248.7 million in new technologies to address challenges associated with COVID-19 testing
The National Institutes of Health is investing $248.7 million in new technologies to address challenges associated with COVID-19 testing (which detects SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus).
WHO recommends use of ventilation as an important factor in preventing COVID-19 from spreading indoors
The WHO recommends use of ventilation is an important factor in preventing the virus that causes COVID-19 from spreading indoors.
NIH-funded project creates an encyclopedia detailing the inner workings of the human and mouse genomes
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project(link is external) is a worldwide effort to understand how the human genome functions.
