Monthly Archives: November 2020

As COVID-19 Cases Rise All Over the Country, Testing is Key

COVID-19 cases are rising all over the United States. Last week, over 60,000 people were in hospitals with COVID-19. That is over 2,000 more people than were hospitalized with the virus on April 15th, which was the previous record. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of…

How are COVID-19 Tests Administered?

You’ve no doubt been hearing all about the importance of COVID-19 testing since March. But less has been written about how these tests are actually administered. There are a few different ways that samples are collected, though some are used more often than others. Nasal and nasopharyngeal swabs have been pretty common throughout the COVID-19…