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University of Pennsylvania students will be tested for the coronavirus before they travel to school and after they arrive.

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Besides the positive steps toward a vaccine, medical experts are also making encouraging progress on testing and treatment of COVID-19. So even though coronavirus outbreaks continue to litter the U.S. map, NBCLX’s Noah Pransky presents three good signs about the pandemic that we can all hang some hope on.

Dozens of U.S. colleges are announcing plans to test students for the coronavirus this fall, but their strategies vary widely.

Philadelphia health commissioner Thomas Farley announced COVID-19 cases in the city are up from last week. He also said delays in testing results and low turnout are causing blind spots. NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher has the details.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency approval a new approach to coronavirus testing in which several people’s samples are tested together in batches instead of individually, speeding up the process

As coronavirus infections explode in states like Arizona and Florida, people in communities of color are fighting to get tested

A testing strategy that helped fight HIV could offer the United States a window into the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, NBC News reported. The White House Coronavirus Task Force is considering sample pooling, also known as pooled testing, as a way to ramp up local authorities’ ability to determine the extent of the infection in their areas, Dr. Anthony…

The University of Pennsylvania said Thursday it plans to bring students back to campus for the fall semester, with a host of precautions and protocols that includes testing all students for COVID-19 when they arrive and providing every student living on campus with their own private room. This story was first reported in the Philadelphia Business Journal. Many of...

At a congressional hearing on the Trump administration’s coronavirus response, Dr. Anthony Fauci testified that success in fighting the virus has been largely dependent on different regions’ willingness to follow the coronavirus task force guidelines and warned that the coming weeks will be critical in slowing the spread. Fauci also testified that he was never ordered to slow down testing,...

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany denied that President Trump officially ordered a slowdown of coronavirus testing in response to the president saying at Saturday’s campaign rally that “When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases, so I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down,...

LabCorp Chairman and CEO Adam H. Schechter explains the differences between the COVID-19 test and the test to see if you had the new coronavirus in the past. He also speaks about limitations with certain types of testing. NBC10’s Tracy Davidson reports.

Adam Schechter, the Chairman and CEO of LabCorp, tells Tracy Davidson about the role testing can have in helping schools and businesses return amid the coronavirus pandemic. He also discusses other policies places can take to keep people safe.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced executive orders Tuesday that lift the stay-at-home order intended to slow the spread of COVID-19 and increase the number of people who can gather amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

You can now have up to 50 people gather inside and 100 outside in New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday lifted the state’s stay-at-home order as coronavirus cases have slowed.

It won’t be a normal summer for campers in New Jersey with measures aimed at slowing the novel coronavirus in place when summer camps open in July. Pools in the Garden State will open later in June.

Philadelphia announced a new grant for the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium, a group that’s bringing coronavirus testing to the city’s black communities. Dr. Ala Stanford, a member of the consortium, speaks about the group’s work and the impact of the grant in an interview with NBC10’s Jim Rosenfield.

Chester County is offering additional nasal swab coronavirus tests, including many in schools or other easy-to-access locations. These tests are meant for people with symptoms or who have had a known close contact with a positive case in the last 14 days. Click here to determine eligibility and to see a list of locations.