coronavirus testing

President Biden detailed a new COVID mitigation plan requiring private insurers to cover the cost of at-home COVID-19 tests — and make them completely free. So how can you get a free at-home COVID test?

With increased COVID-19 testing across Illinois, more residents have been searching for the latest information on coronavirus testing in the Chicago area.

Chicago on Tuesday added eight states and the District of Columbia to its travel advisory, recommending that unvaccinated people entering the city from those areas test negative for COVID-19 or quarantine upon arrival.

The IOC released their coronavirus testing data on Sunday, which included the total tests and results for Games participants, staff and contractors from July 1 through August 6. Across the weeks leading up to and through the Games, 624,364 screening tests were completed in Tokyo with 138 confirmed positives.

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

Several suburban Chicago schools and some private schools are now testing students every week. And as NBC 5’s Chris Coffey explains, many schools are in fact using saliva tests.

Illinois health officials reported 7,037 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, along with 96 additional deaths attributed to the virus.

Within the first full week of vaccinations, Illinois has administered the most COVID-19 vaccine doses compared to any other state nationwide, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Coronavirus testing opened at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Friday for passengers and employees.

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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.

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...

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

Health officials announced Monday the opening of new coronavirus testing sites in Northern Illinois for no cost.

Midway Airport’s COVID-19 testing site, which will be available for the community, airport travelers and employees, opens in a parking lot Tuesday. The Chicago Department of Public Health is expanding testing options as coronavirus cases surge.

As a response to rising coronavirus metrics and a need for testing, DuPage County health officials announced the department will open a second community-based testing site Monday.

At-home testing is now available for those who wish to take a coronavirus test from inside their homes, Chicago’s top public health official said Wednesday.

Dr. Allison Arwady, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner, released the latest coronavirus numbers Wednesday, along with her response to increased testing across the city.

Chicago announced new coronavirus testing sites for residents as the city works to ramp up testing measures during a second surge of the virus.

Illinois’ top doctor on Friday defended the use of rapid antigen tests to detect COVID-19 as reports of false negatives and false positives surfaced nationwide, leading to questions about accuracy. In one instance that garnered nationwide attention, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted he took four COVID-19 rapid antigen tests on Thursday, and received two negative and two positive results. Musk,…