Coronavirus Testing

The IOC released their coronavirus testing data on Sunday, which included the total tests and results for Games participants, staff and contractors from July 1 through August 6. Across the weeks leading up to and through the Games, 624,364 screening tests were completed in Tokyo with 138 confirmed positives.

In New York, wedding receptions can resume Monday. Venues are restricted to 50% capacity, or up to 150 guests, and all must bed tested beforehand. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

It’s been one year since New York City’s first known COVID-19 death was confirmed and in honor of the tens of thousands who have died since, a virtual memorial was held on the Brooklyn waterfront. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

New York City is expecting a big delivery of additional COVID-19 vaccines. Myles Miller reports.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Friday authorizing four hours of paid time off per vaccine injection for all New York’s public and private employees. He also expanded the state’s rapid COVID testing program ahead of next week’s reopenings for wedding receptions and catering events as well as the looming return of smaller entertainment venues. The rapid testing approach was...

Communities across the U.S. are seeing plummeting demand for coronavirus testing

COVID-19 testing is coming to school in South Huntington. Greg Cergol reports.

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A first-in-the-nation pilot plan with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills is on — and may serve as a blueprint for potentially reopening Broadway and other large venues before wide-scale vaccination, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday. With indoor dining still closed, for the second time in New York City, cluster zone areas restricted elsewhere, and large, revenue-generating events seemingly off the table…

NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Just as they did before Thanksgiving, people lined up outside Bellevue Hospital and elsewhere Thursday to get last-minute COVID tests before seeing family this holiday weekend. News 4’s Myles Miller reports.

Even as he issues his final pleas to New Yorkers to celebrate the holidays safely and avert a new potential shutdown, Gov. Andrew Cuomo acknowledges that the ultimate goal — large-scale vaccination of the public — remains months away. With indoor dining still closed, for the second time, in New York City, and cluster zone areas restricted elsewhere, Cuomo said…

Christmas is just a week away. Here’s advice about common scenarios people may be facing now.

The FDA announced on Tuesday that it has authorized the first coronavirus test that can be taken at home and without a prescription.

Scientist Melissa Miller never knows what to expect at her lab from week to week. Since last spring, there’s been a constant shortage of testing supplies. Sometimes it’s the reagents needed to run tests, and other times it’s as simple as the plastic tips used on the pipettes, NBC News reports. “The shortages still exist,” said Miller, director of...

Health experts are hoping Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy

The FBI urged patients who recently got a finger prick coronavirus test at a Ventnor, NJ lab to be re-tested.

Big-box wholesaler Costco startled some consumers Friday with an email that included a coronavirus test as a featured item.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden both tested negative for the coronavirus Friday and by afternoon Joe Biden was campaigning in Michigan. “I’m happy to report that Jill and I have tested negative for COVID. Thank you to everyone for your messages of concern,” former Vice President Biden tweeted. “I hope this serves as...

President Donald Trump briefly left Walter Reed Medical Center in his motorcade to salute at supporters outside the hospital. Trump was admitted to Walter Reed for COVID treatment on Friday. Doctors have said the president is doing “well” and could return to the White House as early as Monday.