Coronavirus Testing Suspended at Boston Lab After Many False Positive Results
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has suspended testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus at Boston based laboratory on Aug. 8, 2020 after the laboratory reported almost 400 false positive tests.1 Orig3n Laboratory Currently Under…
CONTINUE READINGNew CDC Data Shows 94 Percent of COVID-19 Death Cases Had Underlying Poor Health Conditions
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Sept. 2 weekly update on COVID-19 mortality in the U.S., which…
The T-Cell Response to COVID-19 Infections and Immunity
Story Highlights Rapid decline of neutralizing antibodies following COVID-19 infection in some people have led to concerns that immunity to…
Dangers of Methanol-Containing Hand Sanitizers
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials have maintained that people can use hand sanitizers as an…
U.S. Southeast and Rural Areas Have More Severe COVID-19 Tied to Chronic Illness
Story Highlights Certain co-existing health problems like obesity and diabetes and lung, heart and kidney disease have been associated with…
Tests for SARS-CoV-2 in South Korea Can’t Distinguish Virus from Viral Fragments
A team of South Korean infectious disease researchers has concluded there is no evidence that people can be reinfected with…
Vitamin D Deficiency Studies and COVID-19
Story Highlights During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical scientists have been closely examining the effects of vitamin D deficiency. Meta-analyses of…