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Some Los Angeles Unified schools will reopen for in-person classes next week, and families planning to send their kids back to the campus were reminded Monday that students must get a baseline COVID-19 test before returning and follow-up tests each week after....
Rigorous new safety standards at schools include free coronavirus testing for students and staff on site each week at...

All pieces are in place, including safety measures and vaccine availability. Ted Chen reports March 10, 2021.

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Communities across the U.S. are seeing plummeting demand for coronavirus testing

The San Diego International Airport is now offering COVID-19 tests for all departing passengers who wish to get tested, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC 7.

The I-Team looked at the data, and the Curative test meets the standard for COVID-19 tests. The city of LA continues to use the tests, but LA County is halting the use. Joel Grover reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.

In the wake of a federal reported that warned of false negative results, the use of Curative COVID-19 PCR tests is being discontinued at Los Angeles County-supported pop-up testing sites, the Department of Health Services said in a statement Sunday.

LA County announced it would be getting rid of the Curative Tests at their pop-up testing sites and replacing them with Fulgent Genetics tests. Kim Tobin reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Jan. 10, 2021. 

Some tests in LA may not be may produce false results. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.

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The FDA announced on Tuesday that it has authorized the first coronavirus test that can be taken at home and without a prescription.

Health experts are hoping Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy

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...

A Vermont Knolls neighborhood is being overrun by cars lining up to use the Crenshaw Christian Center testing site. Gordon Tokumatsu reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020.

COVID-19 testing sites have been showing longer lines than usual. Kim Tobin reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.

A new walk-up COVID-19 testing super-site will open Tuesday at a park in the northern San Fernando Valley.

A walk-up test site can accommodate up to 3,000 people per day. Toni Guinyard reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2020.

The east part of the San Fernando Valley are getting hard hit with COVID-19. Ted Chen reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020.

California is nearing 1 million coronavirus cases as the nationwide number continues to climb this fall.