Researchers at Stanford University are being accused of ‘tipping the scale’ on their antibody study and implying coronavirus is more widespread – but less fatal – than previously thought. Last month, their analysis found that between 2.5 and 5.2 percent of Santa Clara County residents tested positive for antibodies. That meant the number of infected … Read more
British health officials have told companies offering Covid-19 antibody tests to stop processing blood samples from patients in the UK, MailOnline can reveal. Private tests to see whether people have already had the disease and recovered are now available from various online pharmacies from around £69. Superdrug became the first high street retailer to offer … Read more
British health officials have told companies offering Covid-19 antibody tests to stop processing blood samples from patients in the UK, MailOnline can reveal. Private tests to see whether people have already had the disease and recovered are now available from various online pharmacies from around £69. Superdrug became the first high street retailer to offer … Read more
Great Ormond Street paediatrician who nearly died from coronavirus is found to have antibody levels FORTY times higher than normal amid hopes his blood could help others recover as well Alessandro Giardini, 46, spent seven days on a ventilator after catching Covid-19 Doctors discover his antibody level is around 40 times that of the typical … Read more
Great Ormond Street paediatrician who nearly died from coronavirus is found to have antibody levels FORTY times higher than normal amid hopes his blood could help others recover as well Alessandro Giardini, 46, spent seven days on a ventilator after catching Covid-19 Doctors discover his antibody level is around 40 times that of the typical … Read more
Antibody tests, which reveal whether you’ve had Covid-19, have been hailed as the way out of lockdown and safely getting people back to work. With one of the first tests now finally officially approved, Mail writers undergo two versions — and find out what’s it’s like to discover you’ve had the virus confirmed . . … Read more
HALF of coronavirus antibody finger-prick tests are unreliable, new study finds – including one that said a drop of saline was positive for the virus ABC News and the Mayo Clinic looked at nine coronavirus antibody tests that use a drop of blood from a finger prick Four of the nine failed to meet the … Read more
NHS and care home staff will get access to coronavirus antibody tests from next week amid plans to test hundreds of thousands of health workers to see if they have had the virus Hundreds of thousands of frontline NHS and care workers to be offered the tests Tests scour the blood for antibodies, produced by … Read more
NHS and care home staff will get access to coronavirus antibody tests from next week amid plans to test hundreds of thousands of health workers to see if they have had the virus Hundreds of thousands of frontline NHS and care workers to be offered the tests Tests scour the blood for antibodies, produced by … Read more
Scientists have warned the public away from buying Superdrug’s coronavirus testing kits while doubts linger over their reliability and usefulness. The accuracy of these antibody tests remains foggy, as does whether a positive result means a person is then immune to the disease. The drugs store yesterday became the first to sell the tests which … Read more