(Times of Israel) Nathan Jeffay - The MeMed Covid-19 severity test, made in Israel, tells coronavirus-infected people within 15 minutes how likely they are to deteriorate to serious illness. The results are 86% accurate. The technology hinges on research the company has been conducting for a decade, tracking what specific protein levels in the blood indicate about the prospects for certain health conditions. An earlier "sniffles" test tells doctors whether a child has a bacterial infection that needs antibiotics or a viral infection that just needs chicken soup.
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