Page 2 - Value Testing News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

States. covid made many prediction wrong. what we can do though is focus on taking the mitigation measures and wearing our masks, which we know help reduce spread, getting vaccinated and boosted as soon as possible and ensuring that in settings like schools, we're using testing to help reduce risk. >> okay, testing. the surgeon general of florida now suggests limiting tests to high value subjects, to high value testing. don't test everyone necessarily, test people who maybe are symptomatic or greater risk. what do you think of that? >> well, i think we actually studied testing a lot over recen...

Approach. what he calls high value testing. prioritizing those most at risk. jake, we have now hit another pandemic record. this time the highest number of covid cases among children. some 32 5,000 children testing positive for covid last week. that's up about 64% from the week prior. the american academy of pediatrics calling this an alarming increase and saying there's urgent need for more date on the impact of covid on children. >> alexandra field, thank you. let's bring in chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. you just heard president biden say he wants schools to stay open. new ...

To florida where the covid case count section pleading. cases, hospitalizations, deaths, positivity rate, all jumping. governor desantis blames a federal decision to cut pack on the distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments but experts say those treatments are less effective fighting the omicron variant and a new change from the state surgeon general who wants to reduce low-value testing and focus on what he calls high-value testing. cnn's laila santiago is here with more on that. walk through these suggestions for us. >> reporter: right. this is guidance he want to put out, john, and the...