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FDA warns Curative COVID-19 test may produce false-negative results

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To reduce the risk of false-negative results, the FDA says COVID-19 test administrators must perform the test in accordance with its authorization and as described in the FDA’s Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers, which can be accessed by clicking here. A negative result does not exclude the possibility of COVID-19,” the FDA says on its website. Curative tests are used at a number of the city’s testing sites. San Antonio Assistant City Manager and interim Metro Health Director Dr. Colleen Bridger said the city testing sites use Curative tests only for symptomatic people. “Per the FDA’s emergency use authorization of these tests, the City has been using Curative tests for symptomatic individuals.

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Is a COVID-19 test made from gold worth its weight?

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Researchers have now developed a test where the results are ready within minutes, and one of the key materials scientists are using may be worth its weight in gold. In the ever-changing environment surrounding COVID-19, can you trust the test you’re taking is giving you the right results? Pan and his colleagues have developed an experimental rapid diagnostic test containing plasmonic gold nanoparticles. Those particles are attached to a molecule that can detect if a protein in the COVID-19 virus is present. So far, the scientists say early results have been very promising.