Disease Containment Policies Much Harder to Implement in Dense Communities That Lack Running Water
In high-income countries, massive debt-financed fiscal packages will help households and businesses “keep the lights on,” and to keep the ...
Tag: Magazine Edition 11 April 2020
These articles also appear in the Global Biodefense Magazine – 11 April 2020 edition.
UK Launches Wide-Area Biosensor Competition
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition is seeking innovative technologies for Phase 2 of a Wide-Area Biosensor program that ...
OraSure Gains BARDA Backing for First Rapid COVID-19 Home Testing Kit
BARDA and OraSure Technology, Inc. are working together on the development of a point-of-care (POC) test for SARS-CoV-2 that could bring ...
Implementation of Stringent Social Distancing to Prevent Transmission of COVID-19 in Senior Living Communities
Following identification of two COVID-19 cases in a Seattle independent and assisted living facility, stringent preventive measures were implemented. Testing ...
Google Releases COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports
Google Maps today published an early release of the company's COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports to provide insights for public health officials into ...
FDA-ARGOS SARS-CoV-2 Reference Grade Sequence Data Now Available
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA—in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Biodefense ...
Designing Face Shields to Protect Medical Staff During Critical Supply Shortages
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented need to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for hospital staff. A team of ...
Singapore: Seven Clusters of COVID-19 Cases Suggesting Presymptomatic Transmission
The possibility of presymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 increases the challenges of COVID-19 containment measures, which are predicated on early detection ...
Preventing COVID-19 From Overtaking Nursing Homes Requires Spending Money and Improving Infection Control
At least 11 people have died from COVID-19 in New Orleans nursing homes in the past week, just after the ...
Cue Health Awarded Federal Contract for 25-Minute Nasal Swab COVID-19 Test
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and Cue Health will collaborate under a new contract announced today to ...
Duke Starts Innovative Decon of N95 Masks Using Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide to Alleviate Shortages
Facing a critical shortage of N95 face masks that block the coronavirus, Duke Health research and clinical teams have confirmed ...
FDA, NIH, Veteran Affairs Partner with America Makes for 3D Printing Innovations During Pandemic Response
The federal government this week took steps to formalize a collaboration framework to facilitate regulatory and basic science innovation with ...
The U.S. Government Efforts to Build Low-Cost Ventilators Hit Industry Resistance Over Past Decade
Thirteen years ago, a group of U.S. public health officials came up with a plan to address what they regarded ...
Pregnant in a Time of Coronavirus – The Changing Risks and What You Need to Know
“So, being pregnant and delivering in a pandemic … what’s that gonna look like?” That question, sent to me by ...
Reusable Respirators May Be a Suitable Alternative to Disposable Respirators
A reusable alternative to N95 respirators for which health care personnel can be rapidly assessed for fit (fit testing) and ...
Abbott Receives EUA for Rapid Point-of-Care COVID-19 Diagnostic
Abbott today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the ...
DoD Looks to Panther Fusion System for High-Throughput Coronavirus Diagnostics
The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) announced a contract action to Hologic, Inc. this month to acquire the ...
University of Washington Releases Predictive Model for Hospital Utilization and Deaths Due to COVID-19
Modeling scientists from the University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) have presented their first set of ...
NIAID Issues Notice of Special Interest for SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases today issued a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to highlight the need ...
Cambridge University to Spearhead £20 million Alliance to Map Spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus
The University of Cambridge is to take a leading role in a major national effort to help understand and control ...
