Senators reach deal on $2 trillion stimulus bill, House won't pass today The U.S. Senate is scheduled to reconvene today to begin the process of passing the $2 trillion economic rescue package to combat coronavirus, a historic deal. After its expected passage, it will head to the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote there before heading to President Donald Trump for his … [Read more...]
Dail-eNews Podcast: Update on COVID-19 Test Kits
Dail-eNews Editor Daniel Beaird follows up with Repertoire Managing Editor Graham Garrison on COVID-19 test kits, how the hospitals are using these test kits, and what challenges may arise with more testing. … [Read more...]
Coronavirus News – March 24
Ford to work with 3M, GE Healthcare producing medical equipment, protective gear Ford announced that it’s working with 3M and GE Healthcare to produce medical equipment and protective gear for healthcare workers. Ford will work with 3M to produce a new kind of powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) for healthcare workers, while also helping to increase production of … [Read more...]
Coronavirus News – March 23
“At war with no ammo”: doctors say shortage of PPE is dire With coronavirus cases soaring, doctors, nurses and other frontline medical workers across the U.S. are confronting a dire shortage of masks, surgical gowns and eye gear to protect them. The Open Cities Community Health Center (St. Paul, MN) is considering shutting down because it doesn’t have enough facemasks. … [Read more...]
Coronavirus News – March 20
U.S. hospital associations ask Congress for $100 billion in emergency funding The American Hospital Association, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association have sent a letter to Congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Kevin McCarthy seeking $100 billion in emergency funding. It reads in part, “The past few days have made a … [Read more...]
Dail-eNews Podcast: COVID-19 Test Kits
Dail-eNews Editor Daniel Beaird interviews Repertoire Managing Editor Graham Garrison on COVID-19 test kits, how health systems and their supply chains are responding to the pandemic, and how the healthcare supply chain is holding up. … [Read more...]
Abbott launches COVID-19 test
(March 18) Abbott announced it has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA for its molecular test for the identification of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The company is deploying 150,000 laboratory tests immediately, according to a release on its website. Tests already have been sent to hospital and academic medical center labs in 18 states … [Read more...]
Coronavirus News – March 19
Trump invokes emergency powers to marshal private sector for pandemic President Donald Trump has invoked emergency powers that allow the government to marshal the private sector in response to the coronavirus pandemic. President Trump is employing the Defense Production Act as the government bolsters resources for an expected surge in cases of the virus. He said Wednesday … [Read more...]
Coronavirus News – March 18
New coronavirus stable on surfaces for hours, days According to a new study from NIH, CDC, UCLA and Princeton University scientists in The New England Journal of Medicine, the virus that causes COVID-19 is stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces. SARS-CoV-2 was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on … [Read more...]
Quidel receives emergency use authorization for COVID-19 test
3/17/2020 SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE) Quidel Corporation, a provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions, cellular-based virology assays and molecular diagnostic systems, announced today that Quidel has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Lyra® SARS-CoV-2 Assay, a real-time RT-PCR test intended for the … [Read more...]