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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — If you've been infected with COVID-19 or got the vaccine, you likely have antibodies. But what does that really tell you? Waking up every day in a pandemic for Leigh Ann David ...

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The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency authorization to a dozen coronavirus antibody tests, and more than 200 others are currently on the market. One authorized company, Roche, claims ...

Now that the U.S. is a few months into the new coronavirus outbreak, we’re hearing more and more about COVID-19 antibody tests. But that test might not give us the kind of information we’re so ...

As the world watches and wonders when coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures might end, some hope antibody tests might help provide a solution. Antibody tests – also ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- There has been a lot of talk about testing for the coronavirus, but you may not entirely understand what the different tests are for. The coronavirus makes some people sick, some ...

As some countries begin to reopen in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, experts are racing to ramp up the development and use of blood tests that pinpoint people who have been exposed to ...

Dozens of antibody tests for the novel coronavirus have become available in recent weeks. And early results from studies of such serological assays in the U.S. and around the world have swept ...

The road to ending social distancing is less contentious than it may seem. Many priorities are clear: Invest in comprehensive testing for the coronavirus, in effectively treating the disease, and in ...

Of 3,300 people in California county up to 4% found to have been infected. A critical question in the path towards the future is how many people actually have protective novel coronavirus antibodies ...