By foreseeing the need — and cutting through the red tape at the FDA — an Julia Cheek of Everlywell brought coronavirus home tests to market.
Category: healthcare
CDC Director Urges More Public Health Funding As He Warns Coronavirus Has ‘Brought U.S. To Its Knees’
Dr Robert Redfield warned that key public health facilities have been chronically underfunded, adding it is time to step up spending.
The Perverse Ascent Of Telemedicine
Telemedicine may be surging, but the business model demonstrates how third-party payment impedes innovations that could truly lower costs and improve patient experience.
Women Leaders Unite To Push For Testing To Exit COVID-19
Women political leaders gathered this week to push for more – and more affordable – testing as an essential step to exiting the Covid-19 pandemic.
Trump Once Again Calls Covid-19 Coronavirus The ‘Kung Flu’
Just like in Tulsa, in Phoenix, in a church, Trump used the phrase “Kung Flu.” And the crowd erupted in cheers.
Indian Billionaire Claims His New Herbal Concoction Is A ‘100% Cure’ For Covid-19
Patanjali Ayurved, an Indian maker of herbal products, made the sensational claim Tuesday that it had developed a medicine that can cure the coronavirus. But the company’s just-launched Corona Kit has already come under fire from both the government an…
The HBCU Professor Racing To Develop An Antiviral Drug For Covid-19
With his antiviral drug on its way towards receiving FDA approval, Meharry Medical College’s Dr. Donald Alcendor has a plan to help combat the disproportionate coronavirus mortality rates plaguing vulnerable communities.
How Refugees With Chronic Conditions Are Affected Most By COVID-19 Pandemic
Because refugees find themselves facing many obstacles in their migration journeys and spend extended periods of time in secondary host countries, many suffer not just from acute infections or injuries, but also chronic medical conditions and mental il…
New Technology Can Improve Tsetse Fly Traps And Help Prevent Sleeping Sickness Outbreaks
A new paper details the development of an inexpensive “yeast brew” which produces chemical compounds that attract the tsetse into traps and can be easily produced locally in the Sub-saharan rural communities most affected by sleeping sickness.
This New App Analyzes Your Voice Quality To Diagnose Congestive Heart Failure: Can It Help With Covid-19?
A new app developed by an Israeli biotech startup has shown promise in evaluating voice quality to detect buildup of fluid in the lungs, an important finding associated with congestive heart failure (CHF).
