Coronavirus

The following is attributed to FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D. During this COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA is working around the clock to make sure that Americans have access to safe food and medical products. The agency is continuously examining the global supply chain to identify any concerns and assess the availability of the products Americans need most. We are also … [Read more...] about Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA takes further steps to help mitigate supply interruptions of food and medical products

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took significant action to help increase the availability of ventilators and accessories, as well as other respiratory devices, during the COVID-19 pandemic to support patients with respiratory failure or difficulty breathing. "The FDA's new actions will mean America can make more ventilators during this crisis," said Health and … [Read more...] about Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Continues to Facilitate Access to Crucial Medical Products, Including Ventilators

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization for a point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic for the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 test. "The test we're authorizing today will be able to provide Americans with results within hours, rather than days like the existing tests, and the company plans to roll it out by March 30, which is an … [Read more...] about Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues first Emergency Use Authorization for Point of Care Diagnostic

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to play a critical role in the multifaceted all-of-government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes, among other things, facilitating medical countermeasures to treat and prevent the disease, and surveilling the medical product and food supply chains for potential shortages or disruptions and helping to mitigate such … [Read more...] about Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Continues to Facilitate Development of Treatments

Following a statewide call to action by CA Governor Gavin Newsom, AIDS Healthcare Foundation is offering a 74-room motel that it has recently purchased, but not yet leased out as homeless housing, to federal, state, or local officials to temporarily house coronavirus patients Following a statewide call to action by Governor Newsom, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is offering … [Read more...] about AIDS Healthcare Foundation Offers Emergency Facility for COVID-19 Patients; Applauds Gov. Newsom’s Crisis Response

Rapid Dx encourages all local communities globally to have their diagnostic clinics test immediately for COVID-19 to contain the spread into the general population. Rapid Dx for Life is currently selling the CE-IVD Logix Smart™ Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 qPCR detection kit to diagnostic labs, hospitals, governments, and companies in areas that accept a CE marking as valid … [Read more...] about Wake Up World – Get Tested Today for Coronavirus COVID-19

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is actively taking steps to prepare for community spread of the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19, as well as providing information to Delawareans about the actions they can take now to make preparations. To date, no one in Delaware has tested positive for COVID-19. “While the CDC’s comments this week indicate heightened … [Read more...] about Delaware Details Preparations for Potential Spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)