News and Notes

These are extraordinary times. In just over a month, the Coronavirus has paralyzed our woefully unprepared nation and overwhelmed our health care system with a massive influx of COVID-19 patients requiring acute care. Each day, heroic doctors, nurses, and frontline...

Barco’s Nightingales Foundation (BNF) will be donating 350,000 masks to California hospital organizations that are treating patients infected with COVID-19. Masks have been procured and paid for by BNF. Hospitals receiving the mask donations include: Cedars-Sinai...

Siemens Healthineers test kit will help detect SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19 Company is pursuing Emergency Use approvals from WHO and FDA for clinical use Siemens Healthineers announced today the availability of its molecular Fast Track Diagnostics (FTD)...

Henry Schein Inc. will serve as the exclusive distributor in the United States of a second point-of-care rapid test kit that can detect antibodies associated with COVID-19 in as few as 15 minutes. “Henry Schein is committed to bringing essential products to the health...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: FDA-ARGOS SARS-CoV-2 Reference Grade Sequence Data Now Available: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA—in collaboration...

In response to the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 crisis, Baptist Health is expanding its use of robotic disinfecting technology to clean and preserve N95 masks, which help team members protect themselves and others from...