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As of January 6, 2023, over one third of New York City neighborhoods had COVID-19 positivity rates in excess of 20% and four out of five neighborhoods exceeded 15%, largely due to the highly infectious XBB.1.5 variant. This particular variant accounted for 80.8% of the city's cases, compared to the projected U.S. prevalence of 61%. [173]
The government also announced earlier this month that private health insurance companies are now required to cover up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per person per month for free. So, a family of ...
COVIDtests.gov is a website through which American residents, as well as those receiving US diplomatic and military mail, [1] can order free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from the US government. It was announced that the site would open for orders on January 19, 2022, [ 2 ] but instead opened a day early, on January 18. [ 3 ]
The U.S. test positivity rate was still beyond the WHO's recommended threshold for controlling the outbreak. [50] [44] The New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services and the administration wrote guidance released in August that was never subject to CDC scientific review, and thus took over the CDC imprimatur ...
On Sept. 25, the Biden administration relaunched covid.gov/tests, allowing households four free COVID-19 tests. The relaunch came after $600 million was allocated to manufacture the tests.
The federal government will again provide free COVID-19 test kits to U.S. residents beginning next week. All households will be eligible to order four free tests starting Sept. 25, according to ...
Under criticism after weeks of shortages, President Joe Biden's administration is working to make COVID-19 rapid test kits more available and accessible to Americans by boosting supply and ...
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (also known as NYC Health) is the department of the government of New York City [2] responsible for public health along with issuing birth certificates, dog licenses, and conducting restaurant inspection and enforcement. The New York City Board of Health is part of the department.