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Online and in stores, major retailers are sold out of the popular at-home COVID-19 tests, and medical supply vendors can't find enough rapid test kits for schools, shelters, nursing homes, employers and other groups.
MDH, CIAN & City of Praise Family Ministries host free COVID testing site in Landover Share Article CIAN Diagnostics, MDH and City of Praise Family Ministries are providing hundreds of free COVID-19 tests daily in Prince George's County “Our goal is, and always has been, to keep Maryland safe as we all work toward brighter days.” FREDERICK, Md. (PRWEB) May 04, 2021 CIAN Diagnostics is maintaining its strategic position on the front lines of the COVID-19 battlefield through its partnership with the Maryland Department of Heal...
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Underscores How Rapid COVID Testing Can Facilitate Safe Reopening of Schools SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond hosted a statewide webinar today with health experts and educators that addressed the use of rapid COVID-19 testing as a tool to safely resume in-person learning on school campuses. “I strongly believe that while we wait for a full vaccine roll-out, we also need to be moving toward a strategy for the deployment of rapid COVID testing that is cost-effective for schools,” Thurmond said. “This is one ...
A rural Northern California health department says it was handling coronavirus testing just fine until the state got involved. In Lassen County, health officials had been running their own free testing clinics since last spring. But in January, OptumServe, a private company hired by the state, took over, leading to what the county spokesman called an inefficient and expensive “boondoggle.” Now, county officials are cutting ties with OptumServe and blasting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration over centralized testing efforts. OptumServe staffers were “coughing violently” and not weari...
NorCal counties to State: Get out of the way, give us vaccine, let us handle it Some Northern California counties are tired of the state's top down approach and are asking the state to step aside and let the counties handle their own community. Author: Eric Escalante Updated: 6:52 AM PST February 26, 2021 LASSEN COUNTY, Calif. — The top-down approach from the state reached a breaking point in Lassen County after local leaders cut ties with OptumServe, a state partner in testing services. "Our initial concerns with having a California centralized testing solut...