Report: NBA considering halting games for 7-14 days
The NBA had given every indication it plans to keep playing through the coronavirus pandemic.
Baby God: how DNA testing uncovered a shocking web of fertility fraud | Documentary
At 22, Cathy Holm was newly married, settling into a new home in Las Vegas, Nevada, and struggling to start a family. It was the early 1960s, and infertility was a largely taboo topic; devoid of options, she looked up a doctor listed as a “fertility...
Mass coronavirus testing to be rolled out in England to head off Tory revolt | Coronavirus
A programme of mass, instant coronavirus testing is to be rolled out to areas of England with the highest infection rates after lockdown is lifted next month, the prime minister has announced, as the government faces an unprecedented internal rebelli...
PTF urges Nigerians to brace up for COVID-19 testing
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the 67th joint national briefing of the taskforce. “The PTF has already announced to you...
China testing 11 vaccines, 4 undergoing stage 3 trials —Minister
Our Reporter CHINA is currently conducting clinical trials of 11 vaccines against the coronavirus disease, four of which are in phase 3, the country’s Science and Technology Minister, Wang Zhigang, announced on Friday. “At the moment, 11 vaccines h...
NFL adjusts testing procedures to address false positives
Getty Images The Matthew Stafford situation forced the NFL and NFL Players Association to revisit its COVID-19 testing protocols to address the dynamic of false positives. Per multiple reports, the NFL and NFLPA have unveiled a revised protocol aimed...
NFL introduces point of care testing
Getty Images The memo generated by the league on Friday to all teams regarding changes to the coronavirus testing protocol contains a new development that could eventually go a long way toward enhancing the testing process: The NFL is now using “poin...
NFL, NFLPA revise training-camp drug testing due to COVID-19
Getty Images With one type of test sample being collected from all players on a daily basis (at least for now), another type of sample has not been collected, yet. Under the 2020 labor deal, the window for preseason testing pursuant to the substance-...