In February 2019, the novel coronavirus was yet undiscovered and unnamed. But on December 30, 2019, samples were collected in Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital from a patient with what the World Health Organization described as “pneumonia of unknown etiology,” and SARS-CoV-2 —...
Healthcare providers and employers, you can now get your patients and employees tested for COVID-19 through LifeBrite Laboratories. After carefully evaluating the accuracy of several testing protocols, we’ve chosen the real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain...
COVID-19 testing has expanded in recent weeks, to the point where we have the potential to get test results within the same day. One of the problems facing both patients and healthcare workers is that the symptoms for COVID-19 are similar to many other respiratory...
US labs are prepared to test for coronavirus There are seven coronaviruses known to infect humans. Named for the crown-tipped spikes on their tennis ball textured surface, coronaviruses can cause mild symptoms such as seen in the common cold or more severe respiratory...
