[ad_1] The large COVID-19 testing outfit at the center of a federal investigation will “wind down” its operations and lay off 150 employees, the company said Friday afternoon. Illinois-based Center for COVID Control has been the subject of an NBC Bay Area investigation for several weeks now. A statement from the company said one of […]
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[ad_1] BAY CITY, MI – Two locations are now open in Bay County for residents to receive free face masks and COVID-19 testing kits. The Bay County Health Department announced that it will begin providing free KN95 face masks and rapid antigen tests beginning Friday, Jan. 28. The free items will be available at the […]
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[ad_1] Predicting the future through sewage. That is how scientists have been doing for almost two years now to gauge the trajectory of the coronavirus. Wastewater has been used for decades to detect diseases and scientists say it’s become a critical tool in helping shape public health guidelines. Amit Mutsuddy runs the operation at the […]
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[ad_1] Bay Area’s sewers show discouraging COVID signs: Wastewater samples across Bay Area are showing a sharp uptick in COVID-19 genetic material in the region’s sewage systems after what appeared to be a downtrend last week. A wastewater surveillance tool created by researchers at UC Berkeley shows the concentration of coronavirus RNA in the effluent […]
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