LHDX News and Press, Lucira Health Inc. From 01/10/22

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lucira Health, Inc. ("Lucira") (Nasdaq: LHDX), a medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of transformative and innovative infectious disease test kits, today announced preliminary revenue results for t...

On Thursday, Quidel Corp ( NASDAQ:QDEL ) shares gained nearly 4%, extending Wednesday’s gains to over 6%. The stock has been on an upward trajectory since revealing its covid-testing kit could detect the Omicron variant. The US government is asking for more at-home testing to...

The 7-day moving average for daily COVID-19 cases reached 240,408, a level not seen since January when the country was in the throes of the Delta variant. CDC data shows that the 7-day moving average peaked on Jan. 11 with 250,437 cases. Given recent trends, it is likely that figure will be s...

Lucira Health (NASDAQ:LHDX) announces a new distribution agreement for at least 600,000 tests in 2022 with Co-Defend, Inc. and Co-Protect, LLC, providers of customized health, safety, and wellness solutions. "We want to make our first-of-its-kind test as widely available as possible so people...

Lucira is the only EUA authorized at-home self-test kit that delivers PCR-quality accuracy and early detectability in a single-use test kit with results in 30 minutes Co-Defend and Co-Protect are leading providers of customized health & safety solutions, and testing & ...

The FDA says that early data indicates that antigen tests for COVID are able to detect the Omicron variant, but may have reduced sensitivity. Sensitivity is the term used to describe the accuracy of a test in the form of the true positive rate. If a test has lower sensitivity, it means that f...

Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha, iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify. Changing the rules The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is updating recommendations for COVID-19 control, shortening isolation restrictions from ...

In a meeting with some of the nation's governors, President Biden pledged to support states struggling with the Omicron variant, but acknowledged that they will need to take the lead in controlling the pandemic. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, who is chair of the National Governors Associat...

The extremely high demand for at-home COVID-19 tests in the face of the rising number of cases is causing a spike in the share price of some test makers. Cue Health (HLTH +12.3%), Lucira Health (LHDX +13.6%), and Fulgent Genetics (FLGT +4.8%) are the three with the biggest gains today. Quidel...

The number of new daily COVID-19 cases across the country  is now the highest it has been since January. Cases began accelerating in October 2020 thanks to the introduction of the Delta variant, with that variant peaking in January 2021, according to CDC data. The latest data shows that ...