COVID-19 Laboratory Testing/CDC GuidelinesDr. R.B. McFeeDisease-a-Month
CHICAGO (CBS)-- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines for COVID-19 – under which the virus that essentially shut down the world four years ago will be treated more like the flu. The new guidelinesend guidance for Americans tostay home for five daysafter testin...
And the school system where her son is in second grade has still been sending home COVID test kits for kids to use before returning to school after long breaks.“I feel like we should just do away with anything that treats COVID differently or keep all of the precau...
"If it's positive, we see very few false positives, we know that you have COVID. But it is still possible to have a false negative. So it can be reassuring, but it is not a guarantee that you don't have COVID if you see a negative," said Cohen. ...
传统思维,一般轻症患者无需过度担心,整个COVID-19大流行期间,大多数人都认为那些“轻症患者”以及无需入住ICU或使用呼吸机的患者能够幸免于严重的健康不良后果,甚至于有些国家认为其COVID-19确诊病例中有一半是轻症患者是一个“好事”。 35%的轻症患者2-3周后,仍受病毒症状困扰 ...
“Vaccination remains critical to public health and continued protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death,”Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said Monday in an agencynews release. “The public can be as...
The committee had been set to vote on updated recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines at a meetinglater this month, before Kennedyusurped the processto impose his own changes to the guidance. Earlier this year, members of the work grouphad signaledthey were already leaning toward narrowing the gui...
The CDC has added a testing option to end COVID isolation. Infectious disease expert Dr. Celine Gounder joins "CBS Mornings" to explain why the change was made and how it could impact the pandemic.
1.如果最初或重复测试为阳性结果,意味着检测到SARS-CoV-2病毒,很可能感染COVID-19。遵循针对COVID-19患者的指南,包括 ·待在家里; ·与他人隔离; ·并向医疗保健提供者寻求后续医疗。 2.如果测试阴性,提示未检测到SARS-CoV-2 病毒。无论是否有COVID-19症状,...
当地时间3月18日,美国疾病控制和预防中心带来的最新报告表明,这样的想法可能过于乐观。任何年龄段的患者都可能因COVID-19发生导致住院的严重疾病,并且年轻人因病情严重而住院的比例远远超过预期。 美CDC:近40%住院患者年龄在55岁以下 这项题为“Severe Outcomes Among Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-...