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As colleges implement regular coronavirus testing requirements for students and staff during the fall 2020 semester, more than 100 higher education institutions have joined a program with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to get the results within 24 hours.

As colleges implement regular coronavirus testing requirements for students and staff the fall semester, more than 100 higher education institutions have joined a program with a local research institute to get the results within 24 hours. So far, 108 colleges and universities in Massachusetts and the region have decided to participate in the program at the Broad Institute, which is…

A Maine lab will hire 1,200 new workers in a plan to produce 50 million new COVID-19 tests per month. Abbott Laboratories has reached a $750 million deal with the federal government to produce 150 million low-cost rapid tests that can detect coronavirus in just 15 minutes. According to the company, production of the credit-card-sized BinaxNOW COVID-19 AG Card Rapid…

Abbott Labs is promising to hire 1,200 people to make 50 million new coronavirus tests per month after reaching a deal with the federal government.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly tweaked its guidance on COVID-19 testing Monday, making a change that could result in fewer people being tested and hinder contact tracing efforts, NBC News reports.

Thousands of Boston University students are back on campus, and as those students return to campus life, COVID-19 testing is a critical part to ensure everyone stays safe. The school has eight new robots that will process up to 6,000 coronavirus tests per day, turning next-day results. The lab is self-sufficient, built and operated by BU researchers. “Having them get…

Boston University has a unique new plan to keep students safe.

More than 100 vehicles lined up at a COVID-19 testing site in Salem, Massachusetts.

Long lines outside COVID-19 testing sites, like the Carewell Urgent Care in Needham, Massachusetts, are driven by demand. “Many people are getting directed that they need to have some sort of a test to return to work,” said Sean Ginter, the president and CEO of Carewell. “Many if they are going to be traveling or returning from some travel, if…

The system is being overwhelmed with COVID-19 tests, and the results are not coming in quickly.

A proposed bill is working its way through Beacon Hill in an effort to put the MCAS graduation requirement for students on hold.

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted LabCorp an emergency use authorization to test people with no symptoms for the coronavirus, the first time the agency has authorized such a test in asymptomatic individuals. “FDA reissued the LabCorp COVID-19 RT-PCR Test EUA to expand use of the test to anyone, after the company provided scientific data showing the...

Free coronavirus testing was available Friday at a pop-up site in Malden, Massachusetts, and it was so busy that it will be available again Saturday. Testing was offered at Melrose Middle-High School Friday, and there was a three-hour wait. The site will reopen Saturday from 1-6 p.m. Melrose Mayor Paul Brodeur and the Department of Public Health decided to...

The NFL Players Association wants players tested daily for coronavirus, one of the outstanding points in discussions with the NFL over health and safety protocols as the start of training camp draws near

Vermont will implement a hybrid model of remote and in-person learning when students pre-K-12 go back to school this fall, Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday. “Classrooms will not look the same,” Scott said Friday. “There are going to be many public health measures we must implement to reopen safely, and just like other areas, it will require problem solvers by…

A free coronavirus testing site is opening in Melrose Friday as the city sees a spike in cases.

As Massachusetts colleges prepare to bring students back to campus, they need to figure out how to test for coronavirus efficiently. A research organization in Cambridge is helping to make that possible. Tufts University is one of several colleges and universities that plans to work with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University this fall to do campus-wide COVID-19…

As colleges get ready to welcome students back to campus, they need to find a way to test for coronavirus efficiently.

Scientists at the Broad Institute, which is affiliated with Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are processing 7,000 tests a day, promising results within 24 hours.

A staffer returned to work at Downey Elementary School in Westwood, Massachusetts, after being told she tested negative for COVID-19, but she later learned she was misinformed and actually had coronavirus.