coronavirus testing

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…

Pop-up site in Austin will be there for two days and will also go to Englewood. NBC5’s Kye Martin reports.

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 officials announced a new DuPage county drive-through COVID-19 testing site will open to the public at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The testing site will be located at the County Campus’s main entrance off County Farm Road. Individuals can be tested Tuesday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. In order to limit person contact, tests will only...

Coronavirus testing facilities across Illinois are now open to everyone regardless of symptoms or other criteria, according to a release by state officials. The state of Illinois announced Thursday it would be expanding its community-based testing sites to all as the state continues to progress through it’s phased Restore Illinois reopening plan amid the coronavirus pandemic. “As we move...

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

Indiana health officials nearly 300 new coronavirus cases Monday, along with 9 additional deaths related to the virus. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, a total of 292 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed by laboratory test results over the past 24 hours. Those new cases bring the total number infected in the state to 34,830 since the…

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.

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.

How many Chicagoans are being tested for the coronavirus and how many need to be tested for city life to get closer to normal? NBC 5’s Phil Rogers breaks down the numbers.

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady explains why the city needs to increase its testing capacity.

May 8, 2020: Gov. Pritzker gave an update on coronavirus testing in Illinois, announcing new drive-thru sites coming soon and a milestone for daily testing.

A coronavirus testing device that was donated to St. Anthony Hospital in Little Village sits collecting dust as the hospital awaits a critical shipment of supplies needed to perform tests. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

The head of the National Institutes of Health is telling lawmakers the nation faces “truly daunting” challenges to develop and deploy millions of coronavirus tests to safely re-open the economy.

An Associated Press analysis finds most states are not meeting the minimum levels of coronavirus testing suggested by the federal government and recommended by public health researchers, even as many of them begin to reopen their shattered economies

As an Illinois state representative takes Governor J.B. Pritzker to court, challenging the governor’s stay-at-home order, an analysis by NBC 5 Investigates suggests that the representative’s own district is not ready to reopen, according to guidelines set out by the federal government. Rep. John Cabello, of Machesney Park, which is near Rockford, filed suit this week, challenging the constitutionality...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added six new symptoms — including chills, muscle pain, headache,and a loss of taste or smell — to the symptoms of the novel coronavirus. NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante reports on why the new symptoms could get more people tested for COVID-19.

Deborah Gatewood had two years to go before she could retire from a Detroit hospital. But Gatewood, a phlebotomist for three decades, will never celebrate that milestone, NBC News reports. She died April 17 from symptoms related to the coronavirus. Her daughter said that prior to her mother’s death, she was denied a coronavirus test four times by her employer,…