Some out-of-network hospitals and labs have charged thousands of dollars for routine COVID-19 tests. A Congressional committee wants answers.
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
Inaccurate results from rapid COVID tests raise concerns about widespread screening
Widespread testing will identify people who have the virus and halt COVID-19’s spread. But no test is completely accurate.
‘Totally unacceptable’: Testing delays force labs to prioritize COVID tests for some, not others
Without a national plan on testing there simply is not enough capacity now to screen Americans with mild cases who might pass the virus to others.
‘Pushing the frontiers’: Long lines for COVID tests, stressed labs delay results as demand spikes
COVID-19 test results are delayed a week or longer in hotspot communities, undercutting public health efforts to track, isolate and prevent spread.
COVID-19 expert: Coronavirus will rage ‘until it infects everybody it possibly can’
Michael Osterhom, an infectious disease researcher, warns up to 70 percent of people might become infected by COVID-19 unless a vaccine works.
FDA tightens oversight of blood tests used to detect coronavirus antibodies
The FDA is tightening oversight of antibody tests after the agency learned some test makers were making false claims about the blood tests.
Antibody tests were supposed to help guide US reopening plans. They’ve brought more confusion than clarity amid coronavirus.
A lack of evidence has complicated hope COVID-19 antibody tests will provide quick answers about immunity and when social distancing orders can relax.
‘Who lives and who dies’: In worst-case coronavirus scenario, ethics guide choices on who gets care
Hospitals might not have enough ventilators to care for coronavirus patients. Ethics could guide doctors’ decisions on who gets care.
The ‘post-antibiotic era’ is here: Drug-resistant superbugs sicken 2.8M and kill 35K each year
A coming post-antibiotic era is already here: CDC says there’s an infection every 11 seconds from superbugs that are immune to antibiotics
Nurses who kill: Medical murderers and the mystery of the Clarksburg VA hospital in West Virginia
A string of suspicious deaths at the Clarksburg VA hospital in West Virginia could prove to be an “investigative nightmare.” Here’s why.