Motivated by reports in the media suggesting unequal access to Covid-19 testing across incomes, we analyze zip-code level data on the number of Covid-19 testsSchmitt-Grohé, StephanieTeoh, HongUribe, MartínSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
NEW YORK-New York Citywill increase COVID-19 testing in schools when the holiday break ends next week in an effort to keep classrooms open despite a surge in infections due to the highly infectious omicron variant of the virus, MayorBill de Blasioannounced Tuesday. New York state will provide...
Here are testing sites you can find in the tri-state area: NEW YORK New York State continues to increase testing capacity for COVID-19 on a daily basis. The guidance below enables New York State to prioritize resources to meet the public health need. ...
People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site in New York, the United States, March 28, 2022. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua) The most persistent symptoms were fatigue and shortness of breath in hospitalized persons, and loss of sense of smell in outpatients. LOS ANGELES, April 20 (X...
By CBS New York Team June 30, 2022 / 5:24 PM EDT / CBS New York NEW YORK - New York City is rolling out what it calls the first mobile COVID "Test to Treat" program. Starting Thursday, some mobile testing units will have a clinician on board. If a person's COVID test comes...
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 testing site in New York, the United States, March 29, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Ying) The country reported 12,851 new cases in the past day, pushing the total to 80,400,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University...
Click here to view related media.click to expandNEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- From new variants to holiday gatherings, the number ofCOVID-19cases are on the rise in in the Big Apple.The situation is overwhelming testing sites and those waiting in line.CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis has more on how...
The CDC also makes clear that COVID testing for students and staff has an important role to play in limiting the spread of the virus in schools. Here in New York, that is not happening like it should. A NYSUT survey of local unions found that this week fewer than 60 of 700 school di...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement Monday, a day after the city's teachers' union sent de Blasio a letter calling for weekly testing instead of biweekly testing in the district with about a million students. The mayor also announced also a change in quarantine rules fo...
Queues have built outside local government-run testing sites. Washington began offering free rapid tests on Wednesday from public libraries, which were immediately surrounded by long queues of residents. Some told the Financial Times they had been waiting in line for several hours to pick up a te...