By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Swedish Public Health Authority, or Folkhalsomyndigheten, updated its guidance for antibody detection for COVID-19 recently. Officials note that based on the knowledge...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues with many thousands of new infections reported each day, there is a need for widely applicable surveillance testing to gain a better understanding of infection rates,...

On Sunday, Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its new Elecsys® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody test. The test is designed to...

On today’s podcast, I want to take a look at a couple of much talked about issues when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic at this point in time–the diagnostic testing (both PCR and antibody,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota announced that they will be releasing a coronavirus serology test Monday, April 6. The antibody test will determine...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today of 7,681 additional cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 52,318 confirmed cases in New York State. The...