MedPage Today

Op-Ed: Why PCR Cycle Threshold Is Useful in Coronavirus Testing

With the increase in positive COVID tests, physicians, contact tracers, and hospitals in our town are very busy. I would imagine the same can be said for your community. With this time of year being ...
Reuters

Fact check: WHO released guidance on proper use of tests; it did not admit PCR tests showed inflated infection numbers

Social media users have been sharing screenshots purporting that the World Health Organization (WHO) released guidance to laboratories and incorrectly saying this was to reduce the positive test ...
abc13

NFL uses new metric to determine how contagious COVID-positive players are

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- In the NFL, there are numbers nearly everywhere, whether it's on jerseys, the scoreboard or down markers. But, in this age of COVID-19, there's one magic number: the cycle ...
Reuters

Fact Check: The WHO did not say PCR tests are ‘invalid’; a Canadian article has misrepresented quotes in a WHO notice written for professional scientists

An article shared on social media has falsely claimed the World Health Organisation (WHO) has admitted numbers of COVID-19 cases are “meaningless” due to “invalid” PCR tests. The WHO told Reuters this ...