Category: Laboratory Medicine
At-home screening for ovarian, breast cancers is effective, UW-led study finds
The results indicate that at-home testing is a viable option for women to find out whether they have a propensity for these cancers.
When should you get tested for COVID-19? How do you get tested?
Seattle & King County public health officials recommend that anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms or close contact with someone who has COVID-19 be tested right away.
How scientists use the SARS-CoV-2 genome to track the virus
The coronavirus genome is like a shipping label that lets epidemiologists track where it’s been
What Antibody Studies Can Tell You — and More Importantly, What They Can’t
Coronavirus antibody studies and what they allegedly show have triggered fierce debates. Here Caroline Chen provides some clarity around these crucial surveys.
Washington State to Buy 1M Chinese Test Swabs in Bid to Reopen
If Washington closes the deal, it will mark the second time this week that a state has gone outside the United States to procure testing supplies the federal government has been unable or unwilling to provide.
Analysis: The Real Tragedy Of Not Having Enough COVID-19 Tests
Knowing the result of a test allows rational individual decisions.
Senior community protected in ‘outbreak that didn’t happen’
A study of a COVID-19 outbreak in a Seattle retirement center suggests that with older patients the decision to test should not rely solely on symptoms
Analysis: He Got Tested For Coronavirus. Then Came The Flood Of Medical Bills.
His patient responsibility, according to his insurer, is close to $2,000, and he fears there may be more bills to come.
COVID-19 tests: how they work and what’s in development
What tests are being used by health officials, how much do they really cost and what developments are there to come?
Some States Are Reporting Incomplete COVID-19 Results, Blurring The Full Picture
Underreporting of negative tests, could be blurring what’s actually happening across the country.