coronavirus testing

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.

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...

At a press conference on Monday, White House coronavirus task force testing czar Adm. Brett Giroir demonstrated how to operate the new coronavirus rapid tests, which will be allocated to states this week based on their relative population size.

It’s not just Democrats who want voters thinking about the pandemic on Election Day.

United Airlines will offer some Hawaii-bound customers rapid-response coronavirus tests at the airport, an effort to get around quarantine requirements and eventually, open up more destinations to travelers during the pandemic.

A new study out of the University of Bern found that the number asymptomatic coronavirus cases is much lower than some previously estimated and that the majority of cases will include symptoms at some point in the infection.

When you drive into the city of Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium test site, there is almost no line and no wait. That’s a far cry from the scene there in July, when cars waited more than two hours to snake through the line for passengers to get a  COVID-19 test. “We have literally thousands of unused appointment slots, said...

Officials say testing sites have open slots and have concerns about people not getting tested. Joel Grover reported on NBC4 News on Sept. 21, 2020.

The CDC updated their coronavirus guidelines on Friday to include testing recommendations for anyone who has been in contact with others confirmed to have the coronavirus, even if they are asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic.

U.S. health officials are dropping a controversial piece of coronavirus guidance and telling all those who have been in close contact with infected people to get tested

A new study out of Seoul National University suggests that children can shed the coronavirus for up to three weeks, even if they are asymptomatic.

Los Angles Unified School District is working with three universities, Microsoft, testing providers, and health insurers to make widespread coronavirus screenings available at all LAUSD schools. Darsha Philips reports Aug. 24, 2020.

Evelyn Gosnell and some friends are planning a camping trip next month for a birthday celebration. Gosnell, a Bay Area-based behavioral scientist in her 30s, said the group has agreed to quarantine for two weeks ahead of the trip to reduce the risk of exposure to COVID-19.

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

The City of Berkeley is piloting a COVID-19 self-testing kiosk that ensures accurate test results in just 24 to 48 hours.

Five months now seems like so long ago, but in the early days of COVID-19 testing, it took a clinician with full PPE and a long swab to reach through a nostril way back to an area called the nasopharynx for a sample to be analyzed in a lab. It’s not always comfortable for the person being tested, sometimes...

A technical problem has caused a lag in California’s tally of coronavirus test results, casting doubt on the accuracy of recent data showing improvements in the infection rate and hindering efforts to track the spread

California’s top health official says figures showing California has slowed the rate of coronavirus infections may be in doubt

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.