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COVID-19: FDA Approves Home Test, Calls Moderna Vaccine 'Highly Effective' COVID-19: FDA Approves Home Test, Calls Moderna Vaccine 'Highly Effective'
Covid-19: FDA Approves Home Test, Calls Moderna Vaccine 'Highly Effective' The Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter COVID-19 test involving a nasal swab that provides results in under a half-hour and is now likely to give an OK to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, which it dubbed “highly effective." The new home test for COVID marks the first that doesn’t have to be sent to a lab to receive the results. Health officials with the FDA have authorized more than 225 diagnostic tests for COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, including more than 25 tests that allow for home collection of samples, which are then sent to a lab for testing. “By …

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COVID-19: FDA OKs First At-Home Diagnostic Test COVID-19: FDA OKs First At-Home Diagnostic Test
Covid-19: FDA OKs First At-Home Diagnostic Test The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first at-home novel coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic test that will allow people to collect their own samples and mail them to a lab to be tested. The FDA issued the emergency use authorization to the Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) to test samples that are self-collected by patients at home using the company’s COVID-10 Test home collection kit. According to the FDA, the molecular test permits testing of a sample collected from the patient’s nose using a designated self-collection kit that contains nasal swabs and saline.…

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COVID-19: FDA, FTC Target Companies Selling Products That Claim To Treat, Prevent Virus COVID-19: FDA, FTC Target Companies Selling Products That Claim To Treat, Prevent Virus
Covid-19: FDA, FTC Target Companies Selling Products That Claim To Treat, Prevent Virus The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission issued warning letters to several companies for selling fraudulent items during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. At least seven companies were told to cease and desist selling and marketing unapproved drugs they allege can treat or prevent COVID-19 that could pose health risks and violate federal law. According to the FDA, health officials are “particularly concerned that products that claim to cure, treat or prevent serious diseases like COVID-19 may cause consumers to delay or stop appropriate medical treatment, l…

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