Medical
US Supreme Court takes up contraception finance restriction
Churches and houses of worship are exempt from the birth control mandate and some religious-affiliated entities have been given a chance to opt out. Barber of Oakland, California, chairman of the Committee on Catholic Education. The decade-long fight over whether insurance should guarantee access to birth control returned to the Supreme Court today. [Full Article...]
Cuomo: 2 more children die of coronavirus-related complications
The same condition was recently reported by British authorities, who on April 27 published a bulletin ( pdf ) noting a small rise in the number of cases of "critically ill children presenting with an unusual clinical picture", Daskalakis noted. [Full Article...]
Walla Walla County retracts claim about ‘coronavirus parties,’ says they never occurred
The Walla Walla County Department of Community Health announced the county's first death linked to novel coronavirus via a press release on Tuesday, May 5. Officials said they'd learned of the parties after tracing the movements of two people who'd been infected at the gatherings, per the New York Times . [Full Article...]
Premier hoses down Mother's Day gatherings hope
The late Friday afternoon news sumo reaffirmed that no changes would be made to restrictions in NSW this week, but welcomed the national framework as "a clear pathway to what citizens can look forward to". The premier already announced at the start of the month that two adults and their dependent children can visit another household anywhere across the state. [Full Article...]
Abbott's antibody blood test demonstrates 'excellent performance,' researchers say
You will indicate if you are there for an antibody test or a COVID-19 test. Doctor's want to make sure you are not infected with COVID-19 when coming for an antibody test. In the previous policy issued on March 16, 2020, FDA stated that the agency "does not intend to object to the development and distribution by commercial manufacturers or development and use by laboratories of serology tests to... [Full Article...]
FDA Gives Emergency Approval to Sell At-Home Virus Tests
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the first ever at-home saliva collection test for COVID-19. "Authorizing additional diagnostic tests with the option of at-home sample collection will continue to increase patient access to testing for COVID-19", FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in a statement. [Full Article...]
Japan approves experimental drug for treating coronavirus patients
Based on the assumption that approval is likely Gilead is in talks with European chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing companies about their ability under voluntary licenses, to produce remdesivir . "There has so far been no coronavirus medicine available here so it is a significant step for us to approve this drug", a Japanese health ministry official said at a press briefing. [Full Article...]
NHS Contact-Tracing App Could Break Privacy Law, Government Warned
Should one user later be diagnosed with COVID-19, all users with whom they have come into contact will then be automatically alerted to the possibility that they have been exposed to the virus. The NHS' contact tracing system now being tested in the first NSHX app stores anonymised data about COVID-19-infected individuals and their contacts in a central database, while Google and Apple's approach ... [Full Article...]