Tag: COVID-19 testing

Employers Favoring Lower-Cost, Easier-to-Implement Interventions Over COVID-19 Testing

Measuring temperature with infrared thermometer of a young woman in face mask at a checkpoint during an epidemic outdoors. Concept of prevention the spread of the virus

From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers are wrestling with workplace safety in the age of Covid-19 and making fraught calculations about how to safeguard both their businesses and their employees. Mass testing, a critical tool to stem the virus’s spread, would… Continue reading Employers Favoring Lower-Cost, Easier-to-Implement Interventions Over COVID-19 Testing

Employers Begin Testing Workers for Covid-19

Woman goes through a temperature checks before going to work in the office and wearing medical face mask during COVID-19

Covid-19 testing regimes are taking hold at big companies as they try to get back to business and prevent outbreaks on the job. Employees at Smithfield Foods Inc., Ford Motor Co. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. have begun reporting to tents and clinics or getting kits in the mail for coronavirus testing. The tests, combined with… Continue reading Employers Begin Testing Workers for Covid-19

COVID-19 Data Sharing with Law Enforcement Sparks Concern

Blood sample with respiratory coronavirus positive

More than 11 million people have been tested in the U.S. for COVID-19, all with the assurance that their private medical information would remain protected and undisclosed. Yet, public officials in at least two-thirds of states are sharing the addresses of people who tested positive with first responders — from police officers to firefighters to… Continue reading COVID-19 Data Sharing with Law Enforcement Sparks Concern

Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns without a How-To Guide

Portrait of young woman using laptop at cafe wearing face protective mask to prevent infectious diseases

If locking down entire populations is an unparalleled global experiment in disease control, so is releasing them. Scientists studying the novel coronavirus say that without a vaccine or widespread immunity it is almost inevitable that easing lockdown measures in Europe and the U.S. will trigger second or even multiple waves of infection. China, Singapore, South… Continue reading Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns without a How-To Guide

Experts Warn of Potential for Coronavirus Surge as States Move to Reopen

Microscopic illustration of the spreading 2019 corona virus that was discovered in Wuhan, China. The image is an artisic but scientific interpretation, with all relevant surface details of this particular virus in place, including Spike Glycoproteins, Hemagglutinin-esterase, E- and M-Proteins and Envelope.

Top Trump administration health officials emphasized the need to expand testing and move with caution before easing coronavirus lockdowns, warning in a Senate hearing that serious risks would continue into the fall as schools looked to reopen. “If certain areas prematurely open up, my concern is we might see spikes that turn into outbreaks,” Anthony… Continue reading Experts Warn of Potential for Coronavirus Surge as States Move to Reopen

Companies Seek Coronavirus Tests for Workers

Nurse holding test tube with blood for 2019-nCoV analyzing. Novel Chinese Coronavirus blood test concept

Companies from Amazon.com Inc. to General Motors Co. are exploring ways to test their employees for Covid-19 before they come in to work. Regular tests for workers could keep exposure to sick employees to a minimum and boost employees’ confidence about coming back to work, corporate medical advisers and human-resources executives say. Yet companies face… Continue reading Companies Seek Coronavirus Tests for Workers