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Biden admin plans to give out free COVID-19 testing kits, reports say, 2 weeks after Jen Psaki sarcastically dismissed the idea
Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked this month about free test kits, and responded sarcastically: "…
Sinéad Baker
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Desperate to preserve at-home COVID-19 testing kits, some families are sharing a single test. Health experts say this 'intranasal promiscuity' is gross and yields inaccurate results.
"From a public-health perspective, the idea of sticking swabs up each other's noses doesn't sound l…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Some people say COVID tests are more accurate if you swab your poop instead of your nose. Here's what's going on.
Testing your poop for COVID-19 at home is not a good idea, experts say. COVID can linger in stool f…
Hilary Brueck
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The Biden administration is buying 1 billion rapid COVID-19 test kits to give Americans for free. Here's how to get one.
The US Postal Service launched a website on Tuesday where Americans could order at-home, rapid COVI…
Grace Panetta
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Cipla launches Covi-G — a new rapid antibody detection test for COVID-19 which will give you results in less than 10 minutes
Pharmaceutical giant Cipla has launched a rapid antibody detection test for COVID-19, which will gi…
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India stalls use of rapid COVID-19 test kits for 2 days after states complain of defective results
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) today asked states to stop using rapid antibody testing k…
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What is ‘pool testing’ and does it really expedite Coronavirus detection?
Andaman and Nicobar has been the first in India to implement ‘pool testing’ to overcome the shortag…
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India puts curbs on exports of testing kits with immediate effect
The government on Saturday put curbs on exports of diagnostic kits with a view to discourage shipme…
PTI
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India can double coronavirus test kits to 200,000 in a week, thanks to Pune-based Mylabs
Pune-based molecular diagnostics company Mylab Discovery Solution became the first Indian company t…
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After 50,000 PPE kits from China fail quality tests, India ramps up in-house production
“Two small consignments with 30,000 and 10,000 PPE kits, too, failed tests,” ET reported…
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This Chennai-based company is building Covid-19 kits that can test hundreds of samples a day
Trivitron Healthcare, a medical technology company from Chennai has said that it has built test kit…
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What is Coronavirus rapid testing and how does it work
Compared to the conventional PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests which take up to five hours t…
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Indian doctors have an unexpected problem while battling Coronavirus
A couple of weeks ago, the whole country was cheering the frontline warriors of the coronavirus f…
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Indian scientists develop a low-cost coronavirus test kits that give results within an hour
It is likely to be 9 times cheaper than the RT-PCR test conducted in private labs. “Based …
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IITs against Coronavirus — All the experiments from electrified water to herbal sanitizers to cheap test kits
From developing cheaper test kits, hand sanitizers and sterilization techniques — IITs are doing…
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Billionaire Kiran Mazumdar Shaw says she is willing to provide free testing for coronavirus
During a conference call with the media for the launch of Apollo’s Project Stay I – an initiativ…
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Puravankara donates 500 coronavirus testing kits to Karnataka govt
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa tweeted, "Appreciate the contribution of Ashish Puravanka…
PTI
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I tried the mail-in COVID-19 testing kits sold by Amazon and Walmart, and I'll never use Walmart's again
Walmart and Amazon are both selling mail-in COVID-19 testing kits by third-party companies. That's …
Brittany Chang
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COVID-19 testing kit for ₹500 — IIT Delhi ready for launch Today
A low-cost COVID-19 test kit developed by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi that uses an alt…