covid-19 testing

Gov. Charlie Baker announces a new pool coronavirus testing program in schools to begin within the next month in order to bring more students back to in-person learning.

The new locations include the Washington Park Mall in Roxbury, the Anna M Cole Community Center in Jamaica Plain, and the Boston Renaissance Charter School in Hyde Park.

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker announces that effective Friday, hospitals can curtail some elective procedures that would be safely postponed to free up staffing and beds for coronavirus patients. He also announced new free COVID-19 testing locations in the state.

A Massachusetts ambulance service will soon provide in-home COVID-19 testing to make things more convenient for residents on the North Shore.

There was a huge turnout in Revere Sunday at the city’s “Stop the Spread” testing site, which has extended its hours as cases of the coronavirus keep spiking. City health officials are now urging anyone who visited with family for the holiday to get tested for COVID-19. People started lining up even before testing opened at 9 a.m. Sunday...

The wait was a couple hours at times as people took advantage of extended hours of testing in Revere.

As coronavirus cases are surging around the country, some colleges and universities are rethinking some of their plans for next semester

As long lines continue to form at coronavirus testing sites throughout the Bay State, the Massachusetts High Technology Council is pushing for expanded testing capacity.

Increased rapid COVID-19 testing will soon be available for some Massachusetts school districts, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday.

Gov. Charlie Baker urges Mass. residents that “the best way to celebrate Thanksgiving is to only gather with members of your household” to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Adm. Brett Giroir, the Trump administration’s coronavirus testing czar, said the increase in U.S. cases isn’t just because of more testing for the disease, as President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed, but a result of surging infections across the country.

A new coronavirus testing site opened Wednesday at Boston’s Logan International Airport for airport and airline employees.

Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker speaks from Revere about a new drive-through testing site and the plan for a vaccine once it is released.

After the CDC released an update stating that the coronavirus can spread by airborne transmission, many Americans are wondering what else they can do to keep safe. Jose-Luis Jimenez, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, explains what this new guidance means and how it should change your behavior this winter.

President Trump had a busy week of campaigning before his diagnosis with COVID-19. We took a look at the events he attended over the past week that may be at risk for virus spread.

United Airlines will soon become the first U.S. airline to offer rapid Covid-19 testing, starting next month with a pilot program for passengers flying to Hawaii from San Francisco International Airport before gradually rolling out more widely.

President Donald Trump has announced the shipment of millions of rapid coronavirus tests to states this week

The CDC has reversed its coronavirus recommendations yet again – this time backtracking on guidance about how the virus spreads through the air. But these changes may reflect political concerns rather than the latest scientific evidence, according to Alison Galvani, the Director of Infectious Disease Modeling and Analysis at Yale University. She breaks down what the science says about COVID-19...

In a COVID-19 update, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says testing will continue in Central Square Park through Saturday and there were no new deaths in Boston for the past two days. He also answers questions about running for re-election.

Covid-19 test results in just 15 minutes? Abbott Labs got the green light from the FDA for its new rapid antigen test, which can detect if someone has Covid-19 in 15 minutes. But how effective is it? NBCLX talked to Dr. John Hackett, Abbott’s divisional vice president of applied research and technology.