coronavirus testing

That’s about 25% of the staff who work at the Iowa plant.

Many Los Angeles County COVID-19 testing sites were closed or closing early Monday due to the state of emergency countywide, with officials saying more closures may be announced. “Los Angeles County is in the midst of fighting an unprecedented pandemic while also facing a state of emergency that impacts public safety. Public health remains a key concern and testing remains…

LA County’s largest coronavirus testing site opened at Dodger Stadium. Video broadcast Tuesday May 26, 2020 on the NBC4 News at 11 a.m.

Los Angeles County’s newest testing site is a place you may recognize: Dodger Stadium. The stadium is now the largest testing site in the state. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.

The largest coronavirus testing site in Los Angeles County opened Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Testing is free. You’ll need to make an appointment on the city’s Covid-19 resources site.  Six thousand people can be tested for the virus in one day at the baseball stadium’s parking area, which also is being used to store unused rental cars during the...

The new site will have the capacity for thousands of tests per day, the mayor says. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Tuesday May 26, 2020.

Worldwide demand for COVID-19 testing could potentially threaten supply levels of certain chemicals needed to process the tests. Now, a Bay Area company hopes its tiny invention will solve a potentially massive dilemma.

Riverside County will open two new walk-in coronavirus testing sites on Tuesday, as it moves to implement  an accelerated reopening plan approved by the state. The new locations will be in Corona and San Jacinto and will be the third and fourth walk-in testing sites in the county, with the other two in Moreno Valley and Cathedral City. There are...

A research team led by a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering won a grant to develop an inexpensive and fast breathalyzer-like diagnostic tool to test for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to the university. “Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a critical weakness in health care security infrastructure, which is…

CVS is opening drive-thru testing sites Friday at locations in Southern California.  The company expects to open up to 1,000 testing locations across the country by the end of the month, with the goal of processing up to 1.5 million tests per month, subject to availability of supplies and lab capacity. A total of 14 test sites in California that…

At least 14 sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt who had recovered from COVID-19 have tested positive for a second time, raising questions about immunity and whether people can catch the coronavirus shortly after getting better, NBC News reports.

A candlelight vigil was held Friday afternoon outside Riverside Community Hospital for a 67-year-old health care worker who died after testing positive for COVID-19. “I’m extremely proud. She was a great woman. She had faith in God,” her daughter Dora Reaza said. Reaza wants the public to know about how her mother, Rosa Luna, came to the United States...

With ample coronavirus tests and not enough sick people seeking them, the mayor of Los Angeles recently did something on a scale no other major U.S. city had done — allow anyone with or without symptoms to be tested as often as they want. A website to book a test was quickly swamped by residents in the nation’s second-largest...

The vigil held for Rosa Luna is a reminder that the people who clean the rooms and strip the beds are also healthcare heroes. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Friday, May 15, 2020.

The health care worker came to the U.S. with barely any money in her pocket, learned English and got her GED. Then she was killed by coronavirus doing a selfless job. Tony Shin reports May 15, 2020.

A 39-year-old woman was arrested in Santa Monica for allegedly selling COVID-19 testing kits that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, police announced Wednesday. Ying Lien Wang was arrested about 2 p.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of Broadway, near Lincoln Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, which, in collaboration with Homeland Security Investigations,…

The new kits are designed to collect more materials and lead to fewer false negatives. Ted Chen reported on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12, 2020.

Actor Sean Penn’s nonprofit Community Organized Relief Effort Friday announced it received a $10 million donation from Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Start Small initiative to open more COVID-19 testing across the U.S. and the Navajo Nation. CORE stated it has set up a dozen COVID-19 test sites across California over the past five weeks and completed 100,000 tests for...

A new saliva at-home test has now gained emergency approval. Darsha Philips reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2020.