‘It’s Kitchen Sink Time’: Fast, Less-Accurate Coronavirus Tests May Be Good Enough Experts are revising their views on the best methods to detect infections, setting aside long-held standards so that the spread of the virus can be more quickly tracked… Continue Reading →
Radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. Even as the United States ramped up coronavirus testing from about 100,000 per week… Continue Reading →
Opinion | There Are Many Ways We Haven’t Tried to Test for the Coronavirus We could test saliva. We could test groups of samples at once. We could even let people test themselves. These tests aren’t perfect, but that’s not… Continue Reading →
‘We Didn’t Want to Sit Idle’: A Rush to Meet Pro Sports’ Testing Needs A handful of companies and labs quickly overhauled themselves to fulfill the sudden demand for coronavirus testing from the major American pro leagues. In early March,… Continue Reading →