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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...

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

Federal health officials are creating temporary “surge testing” spots to help control the spread of the coronavirus and ease hospitalizations in Florida, Louisiana and Texas.

The Trump administration’s new strategy for coronavirus testing puts much of the burden on states while promising to provide supplies such as swabs and material to transport specimens.

Figuring out where you can get tested for the coronavirus can be confusing, so News4 breaks it down state by state and explains the latest testing information in the area.

A line of cars at least a couple of miles long sat bumper to bumper at a free testing site in Loudoun County. Demand was so high, it ran out of tests hours before the event was scheduled to end. Northern Virginia Reporter Drew Wilder explains how the county is trying to test two specific groups of people.

Gov. Larry Hogan says Maryland will begin universal testing for COVID-19 in all state-run correctional and juvenile facilities

Family members are asking questions after a number of residents have died at one Laurel nursing home. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins spoke with a staff member who says they are right to be concerned, because it’s been a struggle to fight COVID-19 there.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has announced steps to increase testing for the coronavirus to include people without symptoms

Abbott Laboratories announced Wednesday the launch of its third test for the coronavirus and said it could be screening up to 20 million people for antibodies for COVID-19 by June. Abbott said it plans to distribute 4 million of the new antibody tests by the end of this month, after an initial shipment of 1 million tests this week to US…

A group called Neighborhood Health tested 236 people for the coronavirus in Alexandria on Saturday, regardless of whether or not they had symptoms of the virus. News4’s Derrick Ward reports the testing event was an effort to reach Alexandrians in the areas hardest hit by COVID-19.

As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press analysis. Rapid, widespread testing is considered essential to tracking and containing the coronavirus. But 41…

Federal health officials are warning about potential accuracy problems with a rapid test for COVID-19 made by Abbott Laboratories.

With deaths mounting at the nation’s nursing homes, the White House has now strongly recommended all residents and staff be tested for COVID-19 in the next two weeks. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan already mandated testing at all nursing homes statewide April 29, but the News4 I-Team learned it’s been slow to get going. “I was thinking my mother would...

With deaths mounting at the nation’s nursing homes, the White House strongly recommended all residents and staff be tested for the coronavirus in the next two weeks. Maryland’s governor mandated that testing back April 29, but the News4 I-Team found in many homes it hasn’t happened yet. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer explains why.

The U.S. has performed 8 million tests to date — the most out of any country by far — but researchers say that’s not the only number to consider when evaluating plans to reopen states and stopping the spread of the virus. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are going beyond the numbers – tracking coronavirus trends in real time. “The…

Coronavirus testing is key to safely reopening the country and tracking how the virus is spreading, but researchers say .. the overall number of tests doesn’t paint an accurate picture of the pandemic, and some fear states are lifting restrictions too soon, raising the risk for a second wave of infections. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports.

Advocates for Northern Virginia’s Latino community are calling for 10,000 coronavirus tests to be given in the next 10 days. While that amount is not likely, neighborhood health clinics are taking the lead in getting more testing for low income residents. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

A new coronavirus test could be a key but imperfect step toward the kind of mass screening deemed essential to reopening schools and businesses

Effective contact tracing is key to mitigating the spread of the coronavirus, experts say. Here’s how it works.