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Declaring New York state’s demonstration with the Buffalo Bills an “unparalleled success,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday he will extend the testing- based program to any large stadium or arena later this month. That means fans who provide a negative PCR test within 72 hours of an event will be able to attend music shows and performances as well as...

At the mass testing sites, a person blows into a bag, and the air is tested in two minutes.

Three major airlines have agreed to test travelers from the U.K. before boarding daily flights to New York. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

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...

New testing locations are popping up across New York City as the U.S. sets new records for testing this week. Marc Santia reports.

Federal officials say national reading and math tests used to track what U.S. students know are being postponed from next year to 2022 over concerns about whether such testing would be feasible or produce valid results amid the pandemic

COVID-19 testing sites will expand in Jersey City as the state’s coronavirus cases continue to rise ahead of the Thanks. Tracie Strahan reports.

More people are waiting for hours in long lines to get tested for the coronavirus, as cases surge nationwide and families hope to gather safely for the holidays

U.S. regulators are allowing emergency use of the first rapid coronavirus test that can be done entirely at home

Places like CityMD said that long lines are now the norm as COVID rates continue to climb throughout the region. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

The U.S. has reported at least 122,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, according to an NBC News tally. It’s the third day in a row that cases surged past 100,000.

More than $20k in fines handed out following a wedding, a birthday celebration and a private party to which COVID outbreaks were traced. News 4’s Greg Cergol reports.

Nearly eight months to the day it announced its first coronavirus case in New York City, the Empire State has topped a half-million confirmed COVID cases, the fourth-highest total in the nation behind Texas, California and Florida. Gov. Andrew Cuomo added 2,031 new cases to the tally Wednesday, the highest single-day number in months, bringing New York’s total number of…

Jen Maxfield and Greg Cergol report on the coronavirus pandemic.

The MTA will begin a voluntary COVID-19 screening program for frontline transit workers — the first of its kind in the nation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday. “Our brave frontline transit workers risked their lives to provide New Yorkers an essential service every single day during this pandemic, and we must support them just as they have supported us,” Cuomo…

New Jersey’s toll of 1,909 new COVID-19 infections Saturday was the most it had seen in a day since early May.

Coronavirus testing rates have fallen in several states where cases are increasing, an NBC News analysis of testing data has found.

The U.S. can now test several million people daily for coronavirus but the boom comes with a new challenge: keeping track of the results.

As a third surge of the coronavirus threatens much of the United States, public health experts across the country say there still aren’t enough tests available to keep the virus under control. Right now, some doctors and hospitals are offering rapid tests to patients, which can give results in minutes. And over the next few weeks, major pharmacy retailers like CVS...

All Jets players and staff were sent home Friday following a presumptive positive player test, according to ProFootballTalk and other reports. The team did not immediately respond to the reports on Twitter; multiple sources told ProFootballTalk the player was retested. They did, however, release a statement Friday evening after learning all players, coaches and personnel tested negative. Prior to the…