STAT

Safer reopening will require millions more Covid-19 tests per day. One solution: ‘pool testing’

If the country wants to crank up its Covid-19 testing capacity into the millions — the range that could be required for safer reopenings of businesses and universities — experts say it’s time to ramp ...
Men's Health

How the New Coronavirus Testing Strategy Called 'Pooling' Might Work

Testing has been a hot issue around COVID-19, and to stop the spread, experts are looking into a new way of testing that could safe time, effort and supplies. It’s a method called “pool testing,” or ...
News Medical

'Pool testing' for COVID-19 may help increase testing capacities across the globe

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has taken the world by storm, with many countries caught off guard, leading to widespread havoc across the globe. Since the appearance of the novel coronavirus, now ...
The Boston Globe

Pool coronavirus testing is launching in more than 900 Massachusetts schools. Here’s how it works

In the coming weeks, nearly 300,000 students across Massachusetts will be tested weekly for the coronavirus as part of a widespread pool testing program launching at 952 schools. Fewer than 100 ...
The Boston Globe

Pool testing in schools is a ‘first-in-the-nation’ tool to get students back to in-person learning, Baker says

Visiting a Newburyport school on Friday, Governor Charlie Baker said the pool testing program that has launched in hundreds of Massachusetts schools in recent weeks will be a key tool in bringing ...