Antibody tests for Covid-19 wrong half the time, CDC says
Antibody tests, often called serologic tests, look for evidence of an immune response to infection. “Antibodies in some persons can be detected within the first week of illness onset,” the…
Coronavirus is not the leading cause of death in the US, CDC says
“There are no data to support that theory,” Jeff Lancashire, a spokesperson for the National Center for Health Statistics, said in an email on Friday. False claims declaring that coronavirus…
School closures of 8 weeks or more may better mitigate coronavirus spread, CDC says
Shorter-term closures will likely make little difference in the spread of the disease, new CDC guidance states, even as K-12 school districts across the country began announcing school closures within…
Puppies may be making people sick, CDC says
But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they’re also linked to a multi-state outbreak of an infection that’s resistant to multiple drugs. An outbreak strain of Campylobacter…