Editor’s Note: Find the latest news and guidance from COVID-19 at the Medscape Coronavirus Resource Center. According to CNBC, the coronavirus is spreading faster in the US than laboratories can expand their ability to test more people. That, in turn, leads to a slower response time for results. LabCorp is …
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A pilot program will bring free COVID-19 saliva tests to Tarrant County beginning Tuesday. Tarrant County partnered with the City of Fort Worth to launch the pilot program, which will begin evaluating 300 people per day initially on Tuesday at JP Elder High School on the north side of the …
Read More »Florida Coronavirus: Desi-rae McIntosh, 26, dies after hospital failed COVID-19 test, family says
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