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Testing the Tests: How Reliable Are Rapid COVID Tests?
Rapid COVID-19 tests could offer a false sense of security after the FDA acknowledged some might be less sensitive in detecting the omicron variant. News4’s Doreen Gentzler has a closer look at the research and reliability of these sought-after tests.
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DC Opens 4 New COVID-19 Centers for Vaccines, Tests
D.C. opened up four new COVID-19 centers to make it easier for people to get tested and vaccinated. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.
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Federal Testing Website Launches Next Week, 4 Tests Per Home
The White House says the federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will begin accepting orders on Wednesday
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After Soaring Cases and Hospitalizations, Omicron May Head for Rapid Drop
The reason: The variant has proved so wildly contagious that it may already be running out of people to infect, just a month and a half after it was first detected.
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Health Insurers to Cover Home COVID Tests Starting Saturday
Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans.
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Walmart, Kroger Raise At-Home COVID Test Price After White House Agreement Expires
Walmart and Kroger raised the price of Abbott’s at-home COVID-19 test kit after an agreement with the White House to sell the tests at a reduced price expired.
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DC Schools to Require Negative COVID Test Results
Tens of thousands of D.C. public school students will have to get tested for COVID-19 before returning to school.
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DC Schools to Require Negative COVID-19 Test
DC Public Schools students and staff members must show negative COVID-19 test results before returning to schools next week after winter break, officials said Wednesday.
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EXPLAINER: How Will the Government's COVID-19 Test Giveaway Work?
President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free of charge to people to use at home
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Search for a COVID-19 Test Means Sold-Out Signs, Long Lines
President Joe Biden promised to distribute hundreds of millions of free COVID-19 tests and to open more testing sites, but the stepped-up efforts will not come in time for the holidays
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COVID Testing Demand Spikes Ahead of Holidays With Long Lines at Sites
Public health officials worry about a coming strain on COVID testing infrastructure, which could create lines at testing sites and longer wait times for results.
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Fairfax County Schools to Test Students for COVID-19
Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder looks at the problem of coronavirus and children and what Fairfax County Schools is doing about it.