Last summer we heard the prediction that by the end of 2020, we would have a safe, effective vaccine to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which had only been discovered, of course, in December 2019, before ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

Many rapid tests, which involve either a shallow nasal swab or throat swab, don’t have the same capability, Baker said. “PCR is by a long shot the most sensitive method,” he said.