Make 'em free: Rapid COVID test firms lobby for coverage incl Medicare www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-vitals... #axiosvitals #FFAST
Still need #FFAST to reopen schools safely -- and keep them open: www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/new-analysis-demons... via @RockefellerFdn @GW_Partnership
Late, good; #FFAST (and free) still needs to be in the arsenal: NIH-funded screening study builds case for frequent COVID-19 antigen testing www.nih.gov/news-events/news-release...
Yep, #FFAST should be free: Covid-19 tests for people to use at home are finally available. Yet at least one obstacle stands in the way of regular use: cost. ...
Finally, #FFAST arrives; time to make it free: www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-future... #axiosfuture
Good to see #FFAST helping, w/ 26 Baltimore H.S. using the @UofILSystem saliva approach, since March 15: The Rockefeller Foundation Expands Rapid-Result Covid-19 Testing Program to Reopen K-12 Schools in Baltimore-Washi... https://prn.to/3aGJWP1
Partly based on data from one private school. Communities w/ high incidence -- why not at least test regularly all non-vaccinated in public schools?? #FFAST should be free, though: " Widespread coronavirus surveillance testing at schools is a bad idea...
"As of March 29, the schools had tested almost 159,000 individuals in 22,679 pools, with a pool positivity rate of 0.76%, according to the administration. That same day, the statewide seven-day average positive test rate was 2.57%." #FFAST works...
"self-sampling and RDTs could represent the tipping point in the fight against COVID-19, self-sampling and testing could become the norm beyond COVID-19" www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/... #FFAST
North Carolina: State health officials say expansion of COVID-19 testing in schools would help slow infections pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2021/04/08/state-health-... #FFAST @NCPolicyWatch
Virginia to pilot COVID-19 testing program in public schools www.virginiamercury.com/2021/04/05/virginia-to-p... via @mercuryvirginia Great to see #FFAST accelerating for VA schools as part of a safe-reopening strategy
Very late, still needed: Backed by millions in public and private cash, rapid COVID tests are coming to stores near you www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/backed-by-millio... #FFAST
Ohio State Administers More COVID Tests Than 10 States, Keeping Positivity Rates Low news.wosu.org/news/2021-04-01/ohio-sta... More confirmation that #FFAST works. And, like UK, should be #free ...
Finally #FFAST: "over the last few weeks the interest from schools to test has skyrocketed"...
Finally #FFAST forward: Biden bets on new testing strategy to help vanquish Covid-19 http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BB1eVWzd?ocid=st
accessible, and affordable to every school,” @RockefellerFdn #FFAST @rajshah @WHCOVIDResponse
Good, and #FFAST : Ohio to Distribute 200K Rapid COVID-19 Tests for Use in Schools spectrumnews1.com/share/oh/cincinnati/news...
Good, and #FFAST : Ohio to Distribute 200K Rapid COVID-19 Tests for Use in Schools spectrumnews1.com/share/oh/cincinnati/news...
More #FFAST: Nashville Metro Schools expanding COVID-19 testing www.wsmv.com/news/metro-schools-expan... via @wsmv
Good to see: A Minnesota first: Edina Public Schools to launch COVID-19 pooled testing program for students #FFAST ...
Citi Debuts Rapid At-Home Covid Tests to Branch Workers, Traders www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/citi-debuts-rapid-... via @BloombergQuint #FFAST
www.nny360.com/news/publicservicenews/n... via @wdtnews #FFAST needed fast...
for $5 each and train school staffers on their use, a “game changer” #FFAST
Overdue, and good and needed beyond this pandemic: Biden team plots the country’s first national Covid testing strategy https://politi.co/3sVqW5R via @politico #FFAST
Another example as to why reopening schools matters; "Dockworkers are home tending to children who are not in school, said Bryan Brandes, the port’s maritime director. " #FFAST
#FFAST -- great! Rapid COVID-19 Tests Headed To K-12 Schools In North Carolina patch.com/north-carolina/charlotte...
#FFAST testing still matters, still possible, still waiting to be prioritized nationally: Americans are getting fewer coronavirus tests. Here’s why that’s bad. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/03/04/covid-...
The @broadinstitute led the way in higher ed staying open last fall, and MA leading the way in #FFAST to keep public k-12 schools open now;...