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• Seegene Develops World’s First COVID-19 Mutant Identification Test

• New Imaging-Based Serology Test Platform for COVID-19 to Confirm Activity of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines

• SARS-CoV-2 Gene Database Offers Precision Medicine Approach for Tailoring COVID-19 Treatments

• Protein-Based Biosensors That Glow When Mixed With SARS-CoV-2 Components or Antibodies Could Enable Faster COVID-19 Testing

• New COVID-19 Test Uses Smartphone Microscope to Analyze Saliva Samples and Deliver Results in 10 Minutes

• New Yeast-Based COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Could Detect SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva Faster Than RT-PCR

• Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Becomes First to Demonstrate Clinical Efficacy against COVID-19 and Both UK and South Africa Variants

• Johnson & Johnson Single-Shot Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate 66% Effective in Phase 3 Study

• YHLO Offers Series of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test Products to Meet Demand for Global COVID-19 Mass Screening

• Commonly Used Antibiotics Azithromycin and Doxycycline Not Generally Effective Treatments for COVID-19, Finds Trial

• First, Large High-Quality Trial for ‘Wonder Drug’ Ivermectin Could Dramatically Reduce COVID-19 Deaths

• New Understanding of How Gilead’s Remdesivir Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Could Help Develop COVID-19 Antivirals

• AI-Based Multi-Modal COVID-19 Risk Score Improves Severity Prediction of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

• Mathematical Model Could Help Clinicians to Safely Allow Two COVID-19 Patients to Share Single Ventilator

• Ultra-Absorptive Nanofiber Swabs Could Improve SARS-CoV-2 Test Sensitivity

• SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Cross-React with Other Coronavirus Strains, Raising Important Implications for COVID-19 Diagnosis

• Novel SARS CoV-2 Saliva Collection Devices Improve Lab Efficiency and PCR Test Performance

• Abbott's Panbio COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Receives CE Mark for Asymptomatic Testing and Self-Swabbing

• Eli Lilly's Twin Neutralizing Antibody Combo Treatment Reduces Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Death by 70%

• Regeneron’s Antibody Cocktail Works as Passive COVID-19 Vaccine, Shows New Study