Health Affairs

Access To COVID-19 Testing In Low- And Middle-Income Countries Is Still Critical To Achieving Health Equity

The world has witnessed the roll out of multiple effective COVID-19 vaccines. Yet, COVID-19 continues to be an unprecedented challenge, unpinning societies, economies, and health systems. While ...
University of Delaware

Uncovering pandemic inequities

More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic caused the world to come to a standstill, lessons in pandemic response are still being learned. What we know: the global pandemic disproportionately ...
Forbes

With Access To Testing, Women Can Take Charge Of Their Own Health And Deliver Testing

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the whole world the critical importance of access to diagnostic testing. Typically, vaccines and medicines get a lot of attention in global health, but tests are ...
Business Wire

GeneDx to Expand Access to Exome Testing for Pediatric Epilepsy Patients with New Partners

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeneDx (Nasdaq: WGS), a leader in delivering improved health outcomes through genomic insights, today announced Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB), Praxis Precision Medicines ...
U.S. News & World Report

Virtual Technology Provides Faster Access to Genetic Testing for Cancer

An online portal streamlines the testing process at UCLA Health. UCLA Health’s virtual genetic counseling tool has markedly increased the percentage of cancer patients undergoing recommended germline ...
WHYY

As monkeypox vaccines reach Philly, access and testing concerns remain

Philadelphia health officials say they have concerns about the scope of the initial monkeypox vaccination program. (TeroVesalainen/Bigstock) Philadelphia has received 225 monkeypox vaccines from the ...