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• AI Software Detects COVID-19 Patients at Early Stage as Well as Quantifies Extent of Lung Lesions

• Novel Pipeline of AI and Simulation Tools Could Make Process of Screening Drug Candidates for COVID-19 50,000 Times Faster

• Bio-Rad’s Multi-Target Reliance SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB RT-PCR and Reliance SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay Kits Granted FDA EUA

• Roche’s Arthritis Drug Tocilizumab Significantly Reduces Deaths in Patients Hospitalized with Severe COVID-19, Finds Study

• Eurofins Launches Quantitative Antibody Test to Measure Immune Response to COVID-19 and Vaccines

• Portable, Handheld COVID-19 Test Produces Laboratory-Quality Results within 15 Minutes in Any Setting

• Portable Suitcase Mini-Laboratory for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Provides Test Results as Good as PCR Test in Real Time

• Novel Antibody Tests Reveal Complexity of Immune Response to COVID-19

• Lung Ultrasound Can Predict Clinical Progression of Severe COVID-19 Patients, Finds Study

• Inhaled Budesonide Commonly Used to Treat Asthma Significantly Reduces Need for Hospitalization in COVID-19 Patients

• Eli Lilly’s Combination Antibody Drug for COVID-19 Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization

• New ELISA-Type Immunologic Test Studies Seroprevalence Against SARS-CoV-2

• DVD Technology-Based System Quickly and Inexpensively Detects SARS-CoV-2 Antigens and Specific Antibodies

• New Rapid COVID-19 Test Beats ELISA Method in Identifying SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Blood Within Just 12 Minutes

• Experimental Antiviral Drug Proves Dramatically Effective at Preventing and Treating COVID-19

• SARS-CoV-2 Mutates into New Antibody-Evading Variants by Selectively Deleting Small Bits of Its Genetic Sequence

• COVID-19 Diagnostic Skin Test to Measure SARS-CoV-2 Exposure and T Cell Immunity

• Non-Invasive Blood Test Uses Cell-Free DNA to Tracks Organ Injury from COVID-19

• AI-Driven Computer Model Uses Patient Data to Predict Who is More Likely to Die from COVID-19 with 90% Accuracy

• POC Plasmonic COVID-19 Test Uses Sensor Technology to Detect Coronavirus in Less than 45 Minutes

• AI-Assisted Computer Model Predicts Potential Coronavirus Vaccines and Could Help Counter COVID-19 Mutations

• Breakthrough Coronavirus Treatment Cures Moderate/Serious COVID-19 Patients within Days