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• Experimental Drug Blocks SARS-CoV-2 from Entering Lung Cells

• Roche’s Actemra for Rheumatoid Arthritis Reduces Need for Mechanical Ventilation in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

• Potential New Drug Could Reduce Cellular Stress from SARS-CoV-2 Infection in COVID-19 Patients

• Snibe Diagnostic’s Maglumi 2019-nCoV IgM/IgG Test Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization

• Rapid 90-Minute COVID-19 Test Shows High Accuracy in New Study

• Roche Launches New Quantitative Antibody Test to Measure SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies

• Abbott Reissued FDA Emergency Use Authorization for ID Now COVID-19 Test

• Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca Release COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Blueprints

• Novel Suture Anchor Expands Rotator Cuff Repair Options

• Chlorhexidine Antiseptic Halves Post-Surgical Infection Risk

• New Portable PCR COVID-19 Test Kit from Visby Medical Secures FDA Emergency Use Authorization

• Key Biomarkers Could Identify Patients at Risk for Severe Reaction to COVID-19 Infection

• Stroke Scans Could Reveal COVID-19 Infection

• New CRISPR-Based Rapid Test Detects as Many Cases as Standard COVID-19 Diagnostic

• Study Finds T Cells Lead in Controlling SARS-CoV-2, Suggesting COVID-19 Vaccines Must Elicit Broad Immune Response

• New Insight into Structural Mechanism of Coronavirus Receptor Binding to Aid Development of COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccines

• New Generation of Long-Acting Immunotherapeutic Antivirals Aim to Prevent COVID-19/Flu ‘Twindemics’

• FDA Publishes Comparative Performance Data for COVID-19 Molecular Diagnostic Tests

• Researchers Find Possible Pathway to New Antiviral Drugs to Fight All Three Coronaviruses

• Eli Lilly’s Neutralizing Antibody Therapy for COVID-19 Reduces Hospitalization Rates in Phase 2 Clinical Trial

• Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Mild-To-Moderate Side Effects in Phase 3 Clinical Trial

• Self-Swab COVID-19 Collection Kit Receives FDA EUA for Use by CLIA-Certified Laboratories

• First-in-Class Rapid Diagnostic Test Measures COVID-19 Neutralizing Antibodies in Plasma and Serum