coronavirus testing

A businessman from Dallas got a PCR test for the coronavirus at a suburban emergency room. The charge for his test was "egregious" but not illegal, say health care analysts. Here's what happened.

Many K-12 school districts are tapping federal funds to pay for regular surveillance testing of students. It's an effective pandemic tactic when used alongside mask-wearing and other precautions.

Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina wants to increase availability of the at-home rapid tests the Biden administration is promoting. But he warns of a shortage without market competition.

Germans pay less than $1 per test. Brits get them free. Why do Americans pay so much more? Because companies can still demand it.

County officials anticipated testing about 500 people, but about 2,000 showed up at each of its testing sites.

The county has hired Jared Moskowitz, who oversaw Florida’s pandemic response as director of the state’s Division of Emergency Management, as a special adviser.

The governor said local governments have “huge amounts of money from CARES Act” that can go toward opening the sites, adding that testing is also widely available at pharmacies, labs and doctor's offices.

As coronavirus cases decline, Hillsborough County officials say the need and demand for the services has dropped.

Ezekiel Emanuel, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, addresses the differences between PCR tests and rapid tests when it comes to getting tested before travel.

An internal CDC report obtained by NPR shows the CDC's original coronavirus test kits didn't just have a fundamental design flaw, but instructions sent to labs to run the test were problematic, too.