More coronavirus mobile testing sites are popping up across the tri-state area as the Senate approved an aid bill that will make the tests free, as well as ensuring paid emergency leave for those who are infected or caring for sick loved ones. While more tests becoming available after the FDA authorized the states to begin their own testings in…

Gov. Cuomo is administering 1100 Hydroxychloroquine and Zithromax test. Additionally, Cuomo hopes to Open Javits Center, which has been converted into a field hospital, on Monday.

Some political leaders are hailing a potential breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19: simple pin-prick blood tests or nasal swabs that can determine within minutes if someone has, or previously had, the virus. The tests could reveal the true extent of the outbreak and help separate the healthy from the sick. But some scientists have challenged their accuracy. Hopes are…

While testing for the coronavirus has been slow and scarce across the U.S., one Bay Area laboratory has created what they say is a faster, more accurate COVID-19 test, which is already attracting long lines of patients hoping to find out if they are infected.

In the last week, a group of thirty volunteers from tech companies like Apple, Amazon and Alphabet put together a website called “covidnearyou” that aims to track the coronavirus as it spreads.

New York City health officials are taking a new approach to testing for COVID-19. Myles Miller reports.

The situation was dire enough in New Jersey that a new drive-thru testing facility that opened in Paramus Friday morning had to close by lunchtime due to hitting its capacity. Gov. Phil Murphy said it will reopen Saturday morning and will go up until 350 tests. Sarah Wallace reports.

On Friday, New York City’s health department sent out a health alert to thousands of physicians instructing them to only test for COVID-19 in patients that require hospitalization. The advisory said: “Persons with COVID-like illness not requiring hospitalization should be instructed to stay home. It is safer for the patients and health care workers and testing does not currently...

Chris Glorioso reports.

Katherine Creag reports from a new COVID-19 testing center on Coney Island Friday.

Cases of COVID-19 are continuing to climb on Long Island. Ken Buffa reports.

The largest health systems in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware are beginning ‘drive-through’ testing sites for suspected COVID-19 cases. Here’s a rundown.