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Experts say testing can identify potential outbreaks among the most vulnerable. Governors in Maryland and Tennessee this week began requiring faster and more comprehensive coronavirus testing in ...

California’s health department has issued new instructions to all skilled nursing facilities to test everybody in their facilities in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, a move that ...

The country is beginning to reopen even as most states have not met public health officials' metrics for doing so safely. In that risky situation, the best, most feasible way to protect the most ...

As Covid-19 cases rise again in nursing homes, a few states have begun requiring visitors to present proof that they’re not infected before entering facilities, stoking frustration and dismay among ...

A patchwork of state and U.S. recommendations has hampered efforts to devise a uniform policy, leading to disputes over whether insurers or employers should cover testing costs. Shikilia Davis, a ...

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The federal government sent free rapid-test machines to 14,000 facilities. But they have come with unexpected costs, cumbersome reporting rules and questions about accuracy. By Andrew Jacobs After ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is calling for nursing homes to test all residents and staff over the next two weeks as it prepares to "reopen" the country, but advocates and industry executives ...

The test kits sit in nursing homes across the state, untouched. Unlike the standard molecular analysis tests used to detect COVID-19, these offer rapid results within minutes rather than days or ...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) surveillance testing underway this fall at the University of Delaware is part of an ongoing effort to keep students, faculty and staff safe, but it also gives students like ...

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has instructed the state Department of Health to prepare to test all nursing home residents and staff for COVID-19 in the coming weeks, according to the physician leading ...