FDA tightens standards on Covid-19 antibody tests
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On March 16, the FDA loosened its standards and allowed companies to sell antibody tests without submitting any evidence that they worked.
That led to “crappy” tests flooding the market, according to Scott Becker, CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories.
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ICE releases nearly 700 people due to coronavirus concerns
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The move comes amid lawsuits calling for the release of ICE detainees, as well as newly introduced legislation to require the release of most people in ICE detention during a national emergency related to a communicable disease.
ICE reviewed its cases to identify people who would be eligible for release, including detainees who are 60 years old and over and those who are pregnant. The agency later expanded its review to include all people in ICE custody to assess those who have “medical fragility," Cuccinelli said.
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102 people have coronavirus at one of San Francisco's largest homeless shelters
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Ninety-two of the cases are among homeless individuals and 10 are among staff members.
This is an increase of 11 more positive cases from the 91 that were reported at the shelter Monday.
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French study finds hydroxychloroquine doesn’t help patients with coronavirus
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“This provides evidence that hydroxychloroquine does not apparently treat patients with Covid-19,” said Dr. Paul Offit, an infectious disease specialist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “Even worse, there were side effects caused by the drug – heart toxicities that required it be discontinued.”
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In the study, among the 84 patients who took hydroxychloroquine, 20.2% were admitted to the ICU or died within seven days of inclusion. Among the 97 patients who did not take the drug, 22.1% went to the ICU or died.
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Connecticut governor says other state leaders find Trump's May 1 reopening "very premature"
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said that he and a number of his gubernatorial counterparts think President Trump is off-base with his desire to reopen the nation’s economy by May 1.
“President Trump has put out the date of May 1, which I think most of the governors think is a very premature,” Lamont said at a news conference. “I just showed you that hospitalizations are going up and infections are going up, and this is no time to take our eye off the ball.”
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Prosecutors ask judge to postpone Rudy Giuliani's associates' trial due to coronavirus pandemic
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to postpone the trial of
associates of Rudy Giuliani by at least four months until February due to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the criminal justice system.
In a letter to Judge Paul Oetken, prosecutors also said they informed lawyers for Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman and two other men charged in a campaign finance scheme that their plans to bring additional charges against the men have also been impacted.
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New Orleans mayor urges big festivals to postpone until 2021
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said today that she doesn't believe the city's biggest events — French Quarter Festival, JazzFest and Essence Festival — should be held in 2020, but instead push to 2021.
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Dyson says new ventilator units are almost ready for mass production
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The company has confirmed that its production lines based at the Hullavington Airfield in England are now in the process of manufacturing ventilator units in preparation for final regulatory approval.
“If this new ventilator passes MHRA tests, full scale production can begin,” Dyson said Tuesday, adding that the engineering firm is “ready to make 10,000 ventilators to support this NHS” in its fight against coronavirus.
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In March, a spokesperson for Dyson told CNN that they hoped to have the ventilators ready for mass production by early April 2020.
California reports most coronavirus cases in a single day
California said it has 1,544 new coronavirus cases – the highest number recorded in a single day since the beginning of the outbreak.
These additional cases bring the total in California to 23,338. More than 11% of those patients are health care workers, according to new data from California Department of Public Health.
April 14 coronavirus news - CNN