Take Home Testing News Today

You can do is get vaccinated. the thing most americans are going to see in terms of an immediate impact is around testing. the white house is going to be requiring all private ensurers to reimburse americans for the purpose of take home testing. testing is a strategy that gets lost as we talk about masks and vaccinations but the white house believes its one thats critical. if theyre able to purchase the take home tests and the white house is working to ramp up the availability of the tests, that...

Set to lay out today has been in the works for weeks. so what is the plan? it starts with more stringent testing on international travelers. you have to have a test within 24 hours of your departure for the u.s. in order to be admitted. there was some discussion of some testing after arrival but the white house did not go that route. theres now focus on keeping schools reopened. the white house is pushing more pop up family vaccination clinics to try to encourage families to get their young ones...

Contacts have been contacted and all close contacts thus far have tested negative. >> that revelation coming ahead of president biden announcing his enhanced winter strategy to fight covid-19. in just a few hours from now, the president will outline those measures specifically. theyre expected to include stricter testing for passengers arriing to the u.s. from overseas. and extending federal mask mandates. we have mike memoli, antonio hilton, jacob ward and dr. ashish jha. and ashley parker join...

Helpful. these are all the tools we have in our tool box, and we need to be using them all right now, irrespective of omicron. i think the one place that the administers hasnt done enough in the past, and im happy to see it now, is testing. the problem with rapid testing at home, for most americans its still too expensive so the idea of making it cheaper is going to help a lot. >> what more can you tell us about the confirmed case in california? how did they find out? how sick is the person? >> ...