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Some COVID-19 tests available on the market could miss a majority of cases

A research team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has developed a mathematical model to estimate the false negative rate for COVID-19 tests.   According to a study published earlier this month in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the assay limit of detection (or the smallest amount of viral DNA detectable that a test will catch 95%… Read More »

Miss Universe 2018 Winner Catriona Gray From Philippines Wore a ‘Mayon’ Gown Created by Mak Tumang for the Beauty Pageant at Bangkok, Thailand

Catriona Gray wore Mak Tumang’s creations. (Photo Credit: Instagram/ metromagph and lofficielthailand) The 24-year-old Miss Philippines Catriona Gray won the 2018 Miss Universe crown on Sunday at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani in Thailand, and the runners-up were Miss South Africa Tamaryn Green and Miss Venezuela Isabella Rodriguez. Last year’s winner Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters officially crowned the… Read More »

Miss Universe’s first transgender contestant rocks the runway

She’s transfixing! Miss Spain, Angela Ponce, the first openly transgender contestant in the 66-year history of the Miss Universe pageant, is getting rave reviews for her bikini body, runway glamour and message of inclusion. “I always say: Having a vagina didn’t transform me into a woman,” the post-op trans gal told reporters as the pageant… Read More »