Utah Senate Republican candidate Trent Staggs said during a debate on Monday that Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) purchased stock in Abbott Laboratories the “same day” the company was awarded a federal grant.
The UK’s former health minister denied wrongdoing after leaked messages purported to show that he ignored advice on care home covid tests.
Children attending DC Public Schools were required to produce a negative coronavirus test result before returning to school on the Monday after the Thanksgiving break.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is accused of being under a “dark cloud of pay-to-play” after reports revealed the company her administration awarded a $637 million contract to purchase coronavirus tests was founded by one of Hochul’s prominent campaign donors.
Wuhan, China – the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic – was once again placed under coronavirus restrictions on Monday, including travel restrictions and mandatory nucleic acid testing.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senior Adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team Dr. Tom Inglesby said that coronavirus tests that people requested and haven’t received yet are tests that “we’re going to need” “going forward” in
President Joe Biden boasted on Friday that the federal government was finally purchasing goods “Made in America” just weeks after buying coronavirus tests made in China. “I made it clear, that when the federal government spends taxpayer dollars we buy
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki reacted to a clip of her dismissing the idea of sending free coronavirus tests to all Americans by saying that the clip didn’t capture “everything I said
President Joe Biden launched a website for Americans to order free coronavirus tests on Tuesday, but some people who live in apartments were blocked from placing orders.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that the United States should have had coronavirus testing ready at the beginning of December given the spread of the Omicron variant in South Africa.
Assistant Secretary Dawn O’Connell from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday revealed 50 million coronavirus tests are sitting in warehouses.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) wondered how the federal government can purchase 500 million at-home coronavirus tests when there are shortages of the tests and that if the tests were available
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) students could not return to school after winter break unless they show proof of a negative coronavirus test.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) called for an Operation Warp Speed for coronavirus tests. Host Poppy Harlow asked, “Couldn’t you have used more help from the federal government? I mean, you saw Europe buying
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said the White House’s response on coronavirus testing has been “too little, too late” and they “missed a couple of months where we could have been, in theory, ramping up
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s edition of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” President Joe Biden said that he doesn’t think there’s a “failure” with the coronavirus testing situation in the U.S., but “you could argue that we should have known
The president took the test Wednesday morning but went to an event on supply chains before knowing the results, he told reporters.
The Biden administration is forcing Americans to provide a negative coronavirus test when traveling back into the country, yet illegal border crossers are not held to the same standard, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) noted on Thursday, railing against President Biden’s inconsistent coronavirus mandates.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said Border Patrol agents estimateda one-to-one ratio of apprehensions to got-aways among border-crossing migrants.
National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the United States, announced on Thursday, the union will support the Chinese coronavirus vaccine and testing mandates to “ensure that students and educators are able to enjoy safe, uninterrupted, in-person education.”
Grammy Award-winning country singer and Democratic Party activist Jason Isbell — who is currently on tour with his band the 400 Unit — is requiring concertgoers who come to his shows to prove that they have been vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus, or provide a recent negative coronavirus test.
Swedish investigators are hunting a Dr Hammad Al-Saaid after he was alleged to be the ringleader in a false results corona testing scam.
Allegations of coronavirus test fraud, which are being carried out now in cellphone stores, beauticians and art galleries across the country.
Migrants scheduled for removal from Sweden have found that if they refuse to undergo a test for the Wuhan coronavirus, they can not be deported.
Police arrested a Greek teacher for going to school without producing a negative Wuhan coronavirus self-administered test.
On Friday’s “CBS This Morning,” White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said that people who have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus do not need to get tested unless they start developing symptoms. Co-host Gayle King asked, “[I]f
All travellers from the United Kingdom will be required to provide a negative coronavirus test before boarding flights to the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Thursday. The restrictions on UK travellers will come into
The British government has awarded contracts to two firms to develop coronavirus “freedom passports” to enter into workplaces, pubs, and schools despite previously proclaiming that there are no plans to implement such a system. The two contracts were awarded to
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while the Trump administration’s coronavirus response has had flaws, it does deserve credit for doing “a decent job of pouring money, both toward a vaccine and toward testing.” Brooks said,
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert, discussed coronavirus infection rates, herd immunity, masks, and best practices.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) fired a high-ranking public health official for shrinking from a request to privately test relatives of his top aide as a “favor” when specimen collection supplies were in short supply, according to a whistleblower lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The riots in American cities last week and the week before forced the temporary closure of at least 70 separate coronavirus testing sites nationwide, the White House Coronavirus Task Force was told on Tuesday.
On Friday’s “MSNBC Live,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that if we had improved testing, “we could open up a lot more quickly” and that he is “so proud of these young kids in the streets.” Schumer also expressed concern that protesters were putting themselves and others at risk from coronavirus, and said that “The answer here is testing.”
According to a NYU study, the legendary five-minute Abbott coronavirus test misses close to 50 percent of positive infections.
Safety protocols for returning to the workforce are more important than ubiquitous coronavirus testing to resume economic normalcy, explained Dr. Anthony Harris, associate medical director and vice president of onsite clinical operations for WorkCare, an occupational health services company.
The coronavirus is no longer at epidemic levels in the UK as community transmission has fallen, say a team of Oxford University experts.
During Friday’s Democratic weekly address, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) stated that without “comprehensive contact tracing” and a national testing strategy that ensures everyone who needs a test can get one, “consumers won’t have the confidence needed to jump-start our economy.”
Tech giant Apple has reportedly awarded nasal swab manufacturer COPAN Diagnostics with $10 million to help boost the company’s output of Chinese virus test kit components. COPAN hopes to be pumping out a million test kits a week by July with Apple’s help.
Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University, called for the development of fast, reliable, and affordable coronavirus testing technology at businesses in order to safely reopen the economy and give the public the peace of mind it needs to resume consumer activity.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci said that according to those responsible for testing, the U.S. should “hopefully” have coronavirus tests available for everyone who needs one “towards the end
