The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun handing out free rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits to international travelers after clearing customs at airports across the U.S., as part of a brand new program quietly rolled out this week to increase post-travel testing supplies...
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And the school system where her son is in second grade has still been sending home COVID test kits for kids to use before returning to school after long breaks. “I feel like we should just do away with anything that treats COVID differently or keep all...
3 pm: Amid testing capacity concerns, CDC unveils new coronavirus test kits The Centers for Disease Control and Preventionsaid it's increasing coronavirus testing capabilitiesat state and local labs afterCalifornia officials criticized the agencyfor delaying testing on a state resident who has COVID-1...
Now, with COVIDdeaths and hospitalizationsdropping, the CDC says children can go back to school when their overall symptoms improve and they’re fever-free for 24 hours without taking medication. Students are “encouraged” to wear a mask when they return. ...
mixed-up co Tests Are Faulty The U.S. government has mismanaged COVID testing so badly that we were both the slowest and the most inaccurate when it came to COVID testing. Rather than allow the free market to create testing kits, the government assigned the task to the CDC, who rolled...
Biden’s national strategy says the administration “will also work with states and local school districts to support screening testing in schools, including working with states to ensure an adequate supply of test kits.” But the CDC guidance stops short of recommending testing, saying “Some scho...
Biden’s national strategy says the administration “will also work with states and local school districts to support screening testing in schools, including working with states to ensure an adequate supply of test kits.” But the CDC guidance stops short of recommending testing, saying “Some ...
On Friday, the Gallatin County Health Board voted to extend a local emergency rule that requires people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to remain in isolation until they are no longer contagious. This passed 8-1. The rule also requires quarantine of those who are identified as close ...
Here we validated a modified version of the CDC assay and used it as a reference to evaluate the performance of the NeuMoDxTM SARS-CoV-2 and DiaSorin SimplexaTM Covid-19 Direct assays. In silico analysis and clinical sample testing showed that the primers/probes designed by the CDC were ...