Reagents — substances used to carry out tests — and pipettes remain in short supply in many places, and the machines that run the tests are expensive and time-consuming to build.There are also limits on collection sites, exacerbated by rising summer temperatures. Staff at testing sites, standing outside in full-body protective gear, must rotate more…

A number of California counties are worried about the future of their state-funded coronavirus testing sites as the number of new cases surges within the state, Kaiser Health News reported Wednesday.Almost two dozen county public health officials expressed concern to Kaiser Health News that the state has threatened to cut funding to underutilized testing sites.Officials from Contra…

People wait in line to receive groceries at the St. Mark AME Church – The Voices of Hagar food pantry during the coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)APNew York — A new study has found the coronavirus was in New York…

Adm. Brett Giroir. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Brett Giroir, the coronavirus testing czar, said Wednesday that the United States' coronavirus testing capacity is at risk of being overwhelmed in some states by a surge in new infections and increased surveillance efforts in nursing homes and jails. “It is absolutely correct that some labs across the…

Home News (Image: © Shutterstock) In the midst of COVID-19, the last thing we need is another pandemic. But scientists in China are now warning that they have identified a new flu virus in pigs that could possibly cause a future flu pandemic.The virus, called G4 EA H1N1, is a genetic mix of the H1N1…