Category: Test

Coroner to Issue Brain Test Results of NFL Player Who Shot 6

ROCK HILL, S.C.—A coroner is set to release test results Tuesday for a degenerative brain disease in the former NFL player suspected of fatally shooting six people in South Carolina before killing himself in April. The family of ex-football pro Phillip Adams agreed shortly after his death to have his brain tested for chronic traumatic…


Roche Develops New Research Test Kits for Omicron Variant

ZURICH—Roche’s newly acquired subsidiary TIB Molbiol has developed three new test kits to help researchers detect mutations in the new Omicron variant of coronavirus, Roche said on Friday. Governments around the world are urgently scouring databases for recent cases of COVID-19 infections, screening travelers, and decoding the viral genomes of the new variant as they…


US Regulator Reviewing Tesla Owner Complaint on Self-Driving Test Software

WASHINGTON—The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it is looking into a consumer report that a Tesla Model Y was involved in an accident while using the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software. The owner of a 2021 Tesla Model Y reported to the auto safety agency that on Nov. 3 in Brea,…


UK Government Warns 80 PCR Travel Test Firms on ‘Cowboy’ Pricing

One fifth of the UK’s officially-sanctioned travel testing firms have been issued with a two-strike warning over pricing, as the government said it was clamping down “cowboy behaviour.” A health department review of providers of PCR tests—which are now a legally-required, private expense for travellers—found that 82 of the firms charged customers more than was…


Travel PCR Tests ‘A Rip-Off’: Former Head of UK Competition Watchdog

COVID tests for travel are “a predictable COVID rip-off,” according to Lord Tyrie, the former head of the UK Competition and Markets Authority. Currently, all travellers must take at least one PCR test after arriving in England, which they must pay for themselves from an approved provider, in addition to a test prior to departure from…


Australian Scientists Develop Pain-Free Blood Sugar Test for Diabetics

SYDNEY—Australian scientists say they have developed the “holy grail” of blood sugar testing for diabetics, a non-invasive strip that checks glucose levels via saliva. For diabetics, managing their blood sugar levels typically means pricking their fingers multiple times a day with a lancet and then placing a drop of blood on a testing strip. Understandably,…


NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Shifts Into New Operational Test Phase

LOS ANGELES—After exceeding all expectations with its initial four test flights, the first ever by an aircraft over the surface of another planet, NASA’s tiny Mars robot helicopter Ingenuity is ready for graduation. The U.S. space agency announced on Friday that Ingenuity is shifting from a pure proof-of-concept, technology demonstration mode to a more ambitious…


China in Focus (Feb. 26): China: Anal Swab Tests on US Diplomats Done ‘In Error’

China says they made a mistake when they performed an invasive method of CCP virus testing on American diplomats. President Joe Biden says it’s important to work with communist China on climate change. But carbon emissions data suggests the regime may not keep its promises. A Taiwanese company that makes semiconductors presents a possible Achilles…


Include 4 More Symptoms to List That Triggers PCR Test in UK: Study

The list of symptoms that prompts a CCP virus test in the UK should be expanded to include fatigue, headache, sore throat, and diarrhoea, according to researchers. Currently, cough, fever, and loss or change in the sense of smell (anosmia) are the only symptoms that the healthcare system uses to assess whether people should go…


Feds to Require Negative COVID Test for Those Entering Canada at Land Borders

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test. Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. 15, the latest move to keep COVID-19 from spreading within Canada from people who travelled outside it. That is particularly relevant with multiple,…