COVID testing
Over 600 New Yorkers are eligible to get a refund for COVID 19 tests they took that promised results in 24 hours but did not receive them in that time frame. Attorney General Letitia James announced last week that 692 people can receive over $122,000 for late results. The refunds are for those who paid […]
The FDA supports a new technology to detect Covid-19 by using a person’s breath sample. The FDA authorized an emergency use of this technology last week by the company Inspector. The device is about the size of a small suitcase and can give you results within minutes. It’s not sure when it will be available […]
With the surge in COVID-19 and the omicron variant, many Americans are on the hunt for an at-home COVID test. Given the aftermath of the holidays, drugstore shelves are bare in many places, and states that have offered free over-the-counter tests have run out. With surges rolling across the country, prompting more hospital overcrowding, many […]
Cannes Film Festival is now testing for COVID-19 using an extensive spit test. On Monday, a new intern, Olivia Wilson, working at the American Pavilion underwent the test. Wilson estimated she spit about 15 times and that it was difficult to produce saliva after awhile. Variety reported: “The annual Cannes Film Festival launches this week […]
New York State is developing a new piece of technology called an “Excelsior Pass” that will allow users to verify if they’ve been vaccinated or tested. The app based program displays a QR code that can be scanned to provide the information to entertainment venues and outdoor events in Rochester. Erica Fee, a festival producer […]
Officials at SUNY Geneseo are becoming concerned with the rising number of COVID-19 cases that have popped up since students began in-person class on Monday. A majority of the 106 positive cases are coming from the tests required before returning to campus, and the State of New York says that those don’t count toward shutting […]
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