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Here's How to Get Your Free Covid Test Kits This Winter
The Biden administration announced its strategy to contain COVID-19 cases through the holidays, including making free testing kits available to all U.S. households.
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Biden Administration Reopens Website for Free At-Home COVID Tests as Part of Winter Plan
The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all American households
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Boston Parents Seek Return of Masks, COVID Testing Amid Increase in School Absences
As schools deal with absences due to illnesses including COVID-19 and the flu, some parents want Boston Public Schools to bring back mask mandates in the classroom. “Today, this morning, my daughter tested positive for COVID,” Sulieka Soto said. Soto is worried about her daughter. When students return to class in January, she and other parents want facial coverings and…
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Parents Call for Boston Public Schools to Bring Back COVID Policies
With schools being hit hard by respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19 and the flu, Boston parents want safety measures like facial coverings and testing to return when kids go back to school in January.
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FDA Now Recommends Taking 3 Home Tests If Exposed to COVID to Boost Test Accuracy
New U.S. recommendations call for three home tests for people exposed to COVID-19 to improve accuracy.
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Here Are the Updated COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Each Major Cruise Line
See the latest COVID-19 testing guidelines for major cruise lines sailing out of the United States including Carnival, Norwegian, Disney and more.
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Setting Sail This Summer? The Latest COVID Rules For Every Major Cruise Line
Here are the latest COVID-19 rules for every major cruise line sailing out of the United States, including masks, vaccination, testing requirements.
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Parents Divided After Mass. Changes COVID Protocols for Students
Starting this fall, the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says it will suspend its COVID testing program.
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Mass. Announces Major Changes to COVID Testing, Quarantine Protocols in Schools
Massachusetts will end its state-run school COVID-19 testing program after this school year, state officials announced, with other educational testing and isolation policy changes being put into effect this week. Beginning in the fall of 2022, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says the state will stop supplying self-tests “or other COVID testing services” to schools. “The end of…
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White House COVID Czar Warns of Fall, Winter Surge If Congress Doesn't Approve More Relief
Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, warned Wednesday the U.S. will face a challenging fall and winter without additional congressional funding for testing and treatment.
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CDC Now Recommends All Domestic Travelers Get Tested for COVID-19 Before a Trip
The CDC previously recommended testing before travel for people who were not vaccinated or up to date with their booster shots
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CDC Recommends COVID Test for Everyone Flying No Matter Where
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending travelers get tested for COVID-19 as close to the time of departure as possible.
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NH's Fixed COVID-19 Testing Sites Closing on March 15
The seven state-managed COVID-19 testing sites will close on March 15 as cases of the virus have dropped, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. The sites are in Belmont, Claremont, Keene, Lincoln, Manchester, Nashua, and Newington. They will close at 3 p.m. that day. COVID-19 testing is still available at 90 locations in the state,…
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Elana Meyers Taylor Auctioned Her Team USA Parka. Here's How Much It Sold for
The three-time Olympic medalist and two-time women’s bobsled world champion raised money for the National Down Syndrome Society by auctioning off her unused, one-of-a-kind opening ceremony parka.
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Elana Meyers Taylor Auctions Off Her Opening Ceremony Parka for Charity
The three-time Olympic medalist and two-time women’s bobsled world champion is raising money for the National Down Syndrome Society by auctioning off her unused, one-of-a-kind opening ceremony parka.
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Mass. Day Care Centers Say New COVID Testing Program Brings Relief
The coronavirus pandemic has hit day care centers especially hard. “Nobody is happy with the current state of child care, it is incredibly hard to operate a center right now,” said Sarah Muncey, co-founder of Neighborhood Villages. The organization is administering Massachusetts’ new COVID-19 testing program. Starting Monday, day care centers across the commonwealth are eligible to receive free antigen…
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Child Care Centers Receive Rapid COVID Tests
A new COVID-19 testing program in Massachusetts seeks to keep children healthy in day care centers.
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5 Reasons Omicron Blew Up COVID Testing, According to a Testing Consultant
Even in the third calendar year of the pandemic, it seems we keep failing the test of getting COVID tests in the hands of Americans. From the beginning, we bungled COVID testing. The CDC wanted everyone to use only their test, but the test didn’t end up working. We had to play catch up as new variants and society’s...
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Why Does the US Still Struggle So Much with COVID Testing?
Even in the third calendar year of the pandemic, it seems we keep failing the test of getting COVID tests in the hands of Americans — but why? NBCLX storyteller Eric Rodriguez looks at how COVID testing infrastructure has changed since March 2020, why omicron created so many challenges and how the testing industry is evolving to meet demand.
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How to Properly Store Your At-Home COVID-19 Rapid Tests
As you continue to get more familiar with these tests, here’s what you need to know about storing and taking the tests to get the most accurate results possible.