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Home COVID-19 tests could help find people while they are contagious, experts say. Health Canada isn’t convinced

Article content continued “If it’s done in a haphazard way … you might actually create more problems, confusion than the actual benefits because you might get maybe a higher risk of false negative results,” Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, said Tuesday during a COVID-19 briefing. Morris wants the government to seriously… Read More »

First platform in embattled VA-Cerner EHR project goes live

Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ embattled EHR modernization project with Cerner took a step forward this week with the launch of a new scheduling system in Ohio, part of a $ 16 billion contract that’s been dogged by delays, infrastructure problems and leadership turnover since 2018. The new system at VA Central Ohio Healthcare System… Read More »

Children May Silently Spread COVID-19

Kids can get the coronavirus too, but what parents may not know is that children are more contagious despite having mild or no symptoms, according to a recent study by Massachusetts General Hospital. For the investigation, researchers looked at 192 children between ages 0 and 22. Of these individuals, 49 tested positive for the coronavirus,… Read More »