The U of M and UW campuses in Stout, Eau Claire and River Falls will move classes online after Thanksgiving. St Thomas adds to mass testing push. A day after the Mayo Clinic announced that beds in its northwestern Wisconsin hospitals are full due to a surge of COVID-19 patients, […]
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The day Purdue’s seven-day positivity rate peaked to an all-time high — 6.87% — for the seventh day in a row, the University announced it will pause surveillance testing until January. This pause will likely lead to an increase between 2-4% in the University and Tippecanoe County’s positivity rates because […]
John Shearer/Getty Tyler Hubbard Tyler Hubbard has tested positive for coronavirus. The Florida Georgia Line member revealed on Monday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 — but luckily he’s asymptomatic and quarantining on his tour bus outside of his home. “Some of y’all guessed it….. Got the Rona,” the […]
Tom Pennington/Getty Justin Turner and wife Kourtney Pogue Justin Turner is offering an explanation for his decision to return to the field and take his mask off after testing positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) when the Dodgers won the World Series last month. Turner, along with Major League Baseball […]
IOWA CITY — With COVID-19 cases rising across Iowa, its communities, and now public universities, the campuses are warning their tens of thousands of students likely headed home this month to make a plan for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday — including getting tested, if necessary. University of Iowa — which […]
SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County is offering free walk-in and drive-thru coronavirus testing at a number of sites this week. No doctor’s order is required and no appointments are needed. County officials ask that symptomatic residents call the Testing Helpline at 240-777-1755 for assistance. Find more information on eligibility […]
© Provided by Extra.ie Boots chemists are launching a COVID-19 testing service — with results available in just 12 minutes. The high-speed test has proved 97% accurate in trials and should be available in Britain within a fortnight — but it is not yet know when it would be on […]
© Photo by Shutterstock These U.S. Airports Are Getting COVID-19 Testing Facilities A growing number of U.S. airports have begun introducing COVID-19 testing options in an effort to help spur domestic and international travel amid the coronavirus pandemic, including to destinations where proof of negative COVID-19 test results are required. […]
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell announced Thursday that the city would offer free community testing at the Waikiki Shell through the end of November, using a surplus of 28,000 test kits. The surplus comes from a partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services formed to conduct several weeks […]
Heathrow’s chief executive John Holland-Kaye said: “These facilities will make it easier for passengers going to those countries to get a test and have the potential to provide a service for arriving passengers. “Ultimately, we need a common international standard for pre-departure testing, and we welcome the UK Government’s recent […]