coronavirus testing

The City of Berkeley is piloting a COVID-19 self-testing kiosk that ensures accurate test results in just 24 to 48 hours.

Santa Cruz County and the University of California at Santa Cruz have announced a partnership to expand the county’s COVID-19 coronavirus testing.

Five months now seems like so long ago, but in the early days of COVID-19 testing, it took a clinician with full PPE and a long swab to reach through a nostril way back to an area called the nasopharynx for a sample to be analyzed in a lab. It’s not always comfortable for the person being tested, sometimes...

The city of Berkeley is piloting a COVID-19 self-testing kiosk that ensures accurate test results in just 24 to 48 hours. How is it done and what does this mean for future COVID testing in the Bay Area? Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

Santa Clara County is offering appointment-only and pop-up coronavirus testing across the area.

A technical problem has caused a lag in California’s tally of coronavirus test results, casting doubt on the accuracy of recent data showing improvements in the infection rate and hindering efforts to track the spread

The COVID-19 case numbers are being underreported across the state, according to the California Department of Public Health who admits there is a technical issue when it comes to reporting case numbers. Santa Clara County says it may be affecting data over the past few weeks. So what does this mean for you and your test? Ian Cull reports.

California’s top health official says figures showing California has slowed the rate of coronavirus infections may be in doubt

New COVID-19 numbers from the South Bay could indicate a drop in hospitalizations in the coming weeks.

New COVID-19 numbers from the South Bay could indicate a drop in hospitalizations in the coming weeks. Test positivity, one of the key indicators, is now slowly trending down in the South Bay and statewide. Ian Cull reports.

Sonoma County is working to get more people tested for COVID antibodies. Starting Friday, the county is offering antibody testing to people who work in schools. That includes teachers, administrators, one-on-one aides and custodians.

As state and local leaders urge people to get tested for COVID-19, several people say they went to get tested only to then find out, weeks later, that their samples were misplaced.

Besides the positive steps toward a vaccine, medical experts are also making encouraging progress on testing and treatment of COVID-19. So even though coronavirus outbreaks continue to litter the U.S. map, NBCLX’s Noah Pransky presents three good signs about the pandemic that we can all hang some hope on.

As state and local leaders urge people to get tested for COVID-19, several people say they went to get tested only to then find out, weeks later, that their samples were misplaced. Jodi Hernandez reports.

As California continues to struggle with the new surge in COVID cases, the state is changing tactics when it comes to testing.

Santa Clara County will provide wristbands to avoid long waits in line at COVID-19 testing sites.

Dozens of U.S. colleges are announcing plans to test students for the coronavirus this fall, but their strategies vary widely.

Hundreds of people on Saturday flocked to pop-up testing sites in San Jose to be screened for COVID-19. For many, their wait times were drastically reduced thanks to a new system. Marianne Favro reports.

Santa Clara County announced Saturday a new wristband system to avoid long waits in line at COVID-19 testing sites.

The wait for COVID-19 test results is growing along with the lines at testing centers, but Stanford Medicine is working to speed up that turn-around time.