coronavirus testing

Texas leaders who grappled with coronavirus testing shortages for much of the pandemic are now facing the opposite problem: not enough takers

Besides the positive steps toward a vaccine, medical experts are also making encouraging progress on testing and treatment of COVID-19. So even though coronavirus outbreaks continue to litter the U.S. map, NBCLX’s Noah Pransky presents three good signs about the pandemic that we can all hang some hope on.

Dozens of U.S. colleges are announcing plans to test students for the coronavirus this fall, but their strategies vary widely.

“They said 30 min to 45 minutes,” Carmen Mendez said. As a two-time COVID-19 patient Mendez knows test result wait time means all the difference. “If you’re unsure just stay home,” Mendez said. She came to the CVS Health Rapid result COVID-19 testing site in Hartford Wednesday to get proof she’s COVID-free within minutes. “People in my situation we know…

With COVID-19 cases on the rise in other parts of the country, people in Connecticut are seeing big delays in getting their test results.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency approval a new approach to coronavirus testing in which several people’s samples are tested together in batches instead of individually, speeding up the process

COVID-19 hospitalizations are up for a third straight day, though the state’s positive rate is still hovering around 1%, Gov. Ned Lamont said in a press briefing Thursday. Connecticut hospitalizations were up by two Thursday, to 90. Five more people have died, bringing the total number of coronavirus fatalities in Connecticut to 4,348. There were 101 new cases recorded out…

We sat down with some experts at local health districts to talk about contact tracing.

Hartford HealthCare officials and state leaders celebrated a milestone – as of Sunday, the health care group has conducted more than 100,000 COVID-19 tests. Connecticut has been testing thousands of people a day and Hartford HealthCare is one of the biggest partners. Outside the Duncaster Senior Living facility in Bloomfield, Hartford HealthCare President and CEO Jeffrey Flaks praised both his…

COVID-19 hospitalizations increased for a second day in Connecticut, though the positive rate remains low, according to new numbers released by the state Wednesday. Hospitalizations increased by five to 88, and five new deaths were reported, bringing the total to 4,343 deaths in the state. There were 7,335 new tests recorded and 75 new cases reported. In total, there have…

Dr. Anthony Fauci delivers a sobering assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic; President Donald Trump pushes to reopen schools.

As coronavirus infections explode in states like Arizona and Florida, people in communities of color are fighting to get tested

Here are some dos and don’ts when it comes to wearing a mask, explained by some of history’s most famous paintings.

Many of us have seen and even felt what it’s like to have a test for COVID-19. One Connecticut medical science company saw the national struggle to make tests available, so they took on the challenge. “My goal was to create something anybody could use anywhere,” said Jonathan Rothberg, chairman and founder Homodeus in Guilford. Rothberg has studied DNA...

Guilford company Homodeus is waiting on approval for an at-home coronavirus test they’ve developed.

A testing strategy that helped fight HIV could offer the United States a window into the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, NBC News reported. The White House Coronavirus Task Force is considering sample pooling, also known as pooled testing, as a way to ramp up local authorities’ ability to determine the extent of the infection in their areas, Dr. Anthony…

At a congressional hearing on the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, Dr. Anthony Fauci testified that success in fighting the virus has been largely dependent on different regions’ willingness to follow the coronavirus task force guidelines and warned that the coming weeks will be critical in slowing the spread. Fauci also testified that he was never ordered to slow down testing,...

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany denied that President Trump officially ordered a slowdown of coronavirus testing in response to the president saying at Saturday’s campaign rally that “When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases, so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down,...

Health professionals are urging anyone who attended a protest to consider getting tested for the coronavirus,