A new study from NYU found that Abbott Laboratories' rapid coronavirus test missed diagnosing up to half of the known positive cases—signifying a major potential hindrance to ramping up testing in the U.S. by MattRyanPerez
from New York University found that Abbott Laboratories' rapid COVID-19 coronavirus test, which gives results in less than 13 minutes, missed diagnosing up to half of known positive cases, signifying a major potential hindrance to ramping up testing in the United States.... [+]
The New York University Langone School of Medicine study, which hasn't been peer-reviewed yet, compared the rapid test to one from rival Cepheid that gives results in 45 minutes.
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