T.N. suspends mandatory random testing of COVID samples at airports 

T.N. suspends mandatory random testing of COVID samples at airports 

A healthcare worker collects the swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 testing at Chennai International Airport on. | Photo Credit: Velankanni Raj B. The mandatory random testing at airports in Tamil Nadu of 2% samples of people arriving from other countries for COVID-19 has been dispensed with in accordance with the revised guidelines issued … Read more

NHS and care homes in England to pause routine Covid testing

NHS and care homes in England to pause routine Covid testing

Dr Susan Hopkins, the UK Health Security Agency’s chief medical adviser, said: “Covid case rates and hospitalisations are on the decline, demonstrating the positive impact of the vaccines, which remain our best form of defence. The data from our surveillance shows prevalence is low and decreasing, and we will continue to monitor this data closely.” … Read more

FDA Expands Home Testing Guidelines for COVID Exposures

FDA Expands Home Testing Guidelines for COVID Exposures

Editor’s note: This story will be updated. Aug. 11, 2022 – It might be a good time to stock up on home COVID-19 tests. Today, the FDA issued new guidance on at-home COVID testing. It still recommends repeat testing after a negative result, but is also recommending that people who have no symptoms but think … Read more

Monkeypox Treatment in Limited Supply as Cases Soar

Monkeypox Treatment in Limited Supply as Cases Soar

July 14, 2022 – People with monkeypox face a wide range of symptoms, from mild skin lesions to severe, debilitating pain. And experts have no reliable way yet to predict who will have the worst symptoms. There is an antiviral treatment, tecovirimat (TPOXX), but it’s only available from the Strategic National Stockpile at the moment. … Read more

HIV Testing Plummeted During Pandemic

HIV Testing Plummeted During Pandemic

By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 27, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Testing for HIV suffered a sharp setback during the first year of the pandemic, new government data shows. The number of HIV tests funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administered in health care settings dropped 43% between 2019 … Read more