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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday took a step toward speeding the development of coronavirus test kits, agreeing a regulatory change to give states the [...]

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took two significant actions in the agency’s ongoing and aggressive commitment to address the coronavirus outbreak (COVID19). First, the agency [...]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York received approval Saturday to conduct its own tests for the COVID-19 virus, a move officials said will significantly speed up turnaround times for results as the [...]

The federal government is allowing Nevada to develop and evaluate its own tests for the new coronavirus, providing the flexibility to develop tests faster and increase the number of available [...]

On March 16, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced several initiatives intended to further increase access to validated COVID-19 testing. Key components of the announcement, [...]

In the face of urgent need, the FDA has opened its floodgates to commercial coronavirus testing. The agency is now allowing companies to proceed with their diagnostic tests without first [...]

The FDA has issued an unprecedented new guidance that allows individual states to approve diagnostic tests for COVID-19. The guidance also describes a policy regarding the use of serological [...]