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Some parents with children in D.C. Public Schools are questioning the district’s policies regarding which students need to quarantine and test after exposure to COVID-19.

Some parents of D.C. Public Schools students question the district’s COVID-19 policies regarding which students need to quarantine. The News4 I-Team learned siblings of kids who’ve been exposed or tested positive are still allowed to return to school *without quarantining or testing. Investigative Reporter Jodie Fleischer spoke with families who say the current rules are not keeping families safe...

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on parents scrambling to have their children tested for COVID-19 after possible exposures.

U.S. health officials say that most fully vaccinated Americans can skip testing for COVID-19, even if they were exposed to someone infected

Dulles and Reagan airports will soon offer onsite COVID-19 testing to passengers before they board flights, and a local student who named the Mars rover prepares for touchdown.

Beginning next month, flyers will be able to get rapid coronavirus tests at Reagan National and Dulles International airports right before getting on a flight. “Starting in mid-March, passengers as well as airline and airport employees will be able to stop in for an onsite COVID test,” XpresCheck CEO Doug Satzman said. There are two kinds of tests available. Some…

At the mass testing sites, a person blows into a bag, and the air is tested in two minutes.

You’ll soon be able to take a COVID-19 test in the comfort of your own home with results in just minutes. Susan Hogan has details on how the tests work, how much they cost and how to get them.

A coronavirus testing site in Virginia opened Monday to cater to people seeking tests after work. Cars lined up in the parking lot of the SplashDown Water Park in Prince William County for one of the most important phases of the battle against the spread of COVID-19. “We got some feedback back from the public where, you know, people really…

Scientist Melissa Miller never knows what to expect at her lab from week to week. Since last spring, there’s been a constant shortage of testing supplies. Sometimes it’s the reagents needed to run tests, and other times it’s as simple as the plastic tips used on the pipettes, NBC News reports. “The shortages still exist,” said Miller, director of...

Federal officials say national reading and math tests used to track what U.S. students know are being postponed from next year to 2022 over concerns about whether such testing would be feasible or produce valid results amid the pandemic

More people are waiting for hours in long lines to get tested for the coronavirus, as cases surge nationwide and families hope to gather safely for the holidays

Update (Dec. 15, 2020): The FDA authorized on Dec. 15 an at-home COVID-19 test that will be available without a prescription. Tests from the Australian company Ellume will cost about $30 and be available online and at drug stores, the company said. Go here to learn more.  You can now get tested for COVID-19 without having to leave home, and…

U.S. regulators are allowing emergency use of the first rapid coronavirus test that can be done entirely at home

Some University of Maryland students have signed a petition demanding better access to free COVID-19 testing on campus. While the University offers free testing twice a week, some students say registration deadlines for those tests have students going elsewhere. News4’s Tracee Wilkins explains.

If you have coronavirus symptoms or think you’ve been exposed, you should get tested, and you may need a test if you’re visiting family or traveling by plane. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports several companies offer different tests and they vary when it comes to turnaround times and accuracy.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a surprising number of Loudoun County residents who showed up for free COVID-19 testing.

The U.S. has reported at least 122,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, according to an NBC News tally. It’s the third day in a row that cases surged past 100,000.

Coronavirus testing rates have fallen in several states where cases are increasing, an NBC News analysis of testing data has found.

The U.S. can now test several million people daily for coronavirus but the boom comes with a new challenge: keeping track of the results.