Abbotts

Abbott’s five-minute coronavirus test being used by White House misses up to HALF of positive cases

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The rapid coronavirus test being used to diagnose people at the White House may miss up to half of all positive cases, a new study suggests. Abbott Laboratories’ ID NOW test was hailed for being able to detect a positive result in just five minutes and a negative result in 13 minuets.  But researchers from … Read more

The violent rampage of Diane Abbott’s diplomat son James Abbott-Thompson 

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Revealed: Diane Abbott’s diplomat son James Abbott-Thompson threatened her with scissors then attacked NINE medics and police while hooked on crystal meth MP begged police for help after she was chased round her house with scissors Her son, 28, bit an officer as he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act  Details revealed now after … Read more

Abbott’s 5-minute coronavirus test is producing false negative results 15% of the time, study finds

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The new five-minute test being used to diagnose people with the novel coronavirus, and touted by President Donald Trump, is producing false negatives, a new study claims. Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic tested 239 specimens of the virus among five of the most commonly used test including Abbott Laboratories’ ID NOW test. The test was … Read more

Abbott’s newly FDA-approved test that can diagnose coronavirus in just 5 minutes

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Abbott Laboratories’ newly-approved five-minute coronavirus test will begin shipping tomorrow, on April 1.  The medical device company, based in Illinois, received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration on two weeks ago under  Emergency Use Authorization. Abbott said it is ramping up production to 50,000 nasal swab tests – known as ID NOW COVID-19 – per … Read more

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott’s son, 28, admits spitting at police outside Foreign Office

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Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott’s privately educated son, 28, admits spitting at a police officer and biting his colleague outside Foreign and Commonwealth Office after being refused entry James Abbott-Thompson, 28, was working as diplomat when incident took place He attacked police called to Foreign Office due to his aggressive behaviour Today at Westminster Magistrates he admitted to … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Just what has happened to Diane Abbott’s charity? 

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Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott yesterday ruled out serving in the Shadow Cabinet of the next Labour leader. She told Sky’s Sophy Ridge: ‘There’s an awful lot to do on the back benches.’ It will come as a huge relief to Sir Keir Starmer, the current front runner in the party leadership race, that Abbott … Read more