You searched for COVID-19 - Page 2 of 33

Decline in COVID-19 Test Orders Signals a Shift

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By Robert Michel

MIGHT THE FEDERAL HEALTHCARE ESTABLISHMENT BE CLOSE TO DECLARING AN END TO THE SARS-COV2 PANDEMIC and—given the ongoing decline in the daily number of new cases and deaths—that COVID-19 is expected to become an endemic disease? The SARS-CoV-2 statistics posted daily by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that, as of …

Decline in COVID-19 Test Orders Signals a Shift Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

PerkinElmer Says California Terminated COVID-19 Contract

ACCORDING TO A NEW SECURITIES FILING FROM PERKINELMER, the State of California served notice of termination of the company’s contract to run the beleaguered Valencia Branch Laboratory (VBL). PerkinElmer, a diagnostics firm based in Waltham, Mass., made the surprising announcement about the early termination on March 31 in a filing to the U.S. Securities and …

PerkinElmer Says California Terminated COVID-19 Contract Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

Questions Remain about California COVID-19 Lab

TDR Insider / By Robert Michel

This is an excerpt of a 2,058-word article in the March 14, 2022 issue of THE DARK REPORT. The full article is available to members of The Dark Intelligence Group CEO SUMMARY: Despite multiple investigations citing more than 60 deficiencies, including some that caused immediate jeopardy to patient safety according to state inspectors, the Valencia …

Questions Remain about California COVID-19 Lab Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

COVID-19: a Fork in the Road for Future Lab Testing?

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

We have all experienced a pandemic unique in the history of the world. Two elements, in particular, distinguished this pandemic from earlier global outbreaks. First, genetic technologies allowed scientists to almost instantly sequence the DNA of the novel coronavirus, once it was recognized as a unique infectious agent. That accelerated development of the vaccines. Second …

COVID-19: a Fork in the Road for Future Lab Testing? Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

Major CLIA Deficiencies Found at California’s COVID-19 Lab Facility

Laboratory Compliance / By Robert Michel

MIGHT THERE BE DIFFERENT STANDARDS IN HOW government regulators enforce CLIA requirements on privately-owned clinical laboratories compared to a government-owned lab? This question is being asked after the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) finally made public the CLIA inspection report by state officials after they visited the state-owned Valencia Branch Laboratory last winter. ‘Scathing …

Major CLIA Deficiencies Found at California’s COVID-19 Lab Facility Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

It’s Flu Season and COVID-19 Cases Continue

Commentary and Opinion by R. Lewis Dark / By R. Lewis Dark

SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF NEW COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE to be reported weekly. No one yet understands whether SARS-CoV-2 may disappear at some future date (as did the 1918 influenza pandemic and SARS outbreak in 2003) or whether SARS-CoV-2 will become endemic and stay with us for years. Meanwhile, the next influenza season has commenced. Since Oct. …

It’s Flu Season and COVID-19 Cases Continue Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

COVID-19 Lab Test Prices Give Some Health Plans ‘Indigestion’

Managed Care Contracts / By Robert Michel

HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS CONTINUE TO BE UNHAPPY with the higher prices they are charged for COVID-19 tests by out-of-network clinical laboratories. That is one theme in a report on COVID-19 test prices published by a health insurance trade group. In its report issued last month, the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) wrote, “price gouging in …

COVID-19 Lab Test Prices Give Some Health Plans ‘Indigestion’ Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

Predicting Future Demand for COVID-19 Testing

Clinical Laboratory Trends / By Robert Michel

CEO SUMMARY: After 15 months of the pandemic, the nation’s clinical laboratories are at an interesting crossroads. Is the COVID-19 outbreak diminishing and close to disappearing? Or might it intensify again, particularly when the traditional influenza season arrives next fall? There has been an 82% drop in the daily number of molecular COVID-19 tests since …

Predicting Future Demand for COVID-19 Testing Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

Amazon Sells COVID-19 Test Kit for At-Home Use by Consumers

Lab Marketplace / By Robert Michel

QUIETLY AND WITHOUT MUCH ATTENTION, online retailing giant Amazon began to sell a COVID-19 molecular test to consumers for at-home testing. This is consistent with other actions Amazon has taken to generate revenue during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The test Amazon sells is the DxTerity COVID-19 Saliva at-Home Collection Kit. The test was developed by DxTerity, …

Amazon Sells COVID-19 Test Kit for At-Home Use by Consumers Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

IVD Firms Report Strong Growth Because of COVID-19 Testing

In Vitro Diagnostics, IVD/Lab Informatics / By Robert Michel

TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE, THOSE IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS (IVD) MANUFACTURERS that produce molecular tests, instruments, and automation used for COVID-19 testing reported strong growth in revenue and profits during 2020. In recent weeks, these companies issued their earnings reports for the fourth quarter 2020 and full year 2020. As expected, most companies announced substantial increases …

IVD Firms Report Strong Growth Because of COVID-19 Testing Read More »

To access this post, you must purchase The Dark Report.

Search Results for: COVID-19