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A Reddit user hosted an "Ask Me Anything" session and answered questions about safety protocols and the overall job function of a lab technician.

Inmates at the correctional facility "broke apart a bunk and used it as a battering ram to attempt to break down a fire door," read a Monday statement.

The president has insisted that testing in the U.S. is "much bigger and better" than other countries.

"The lung is clean. I'm going to do the COVID exam," said Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday. "It's okay."

Mayor Kate Gallego of Phoenix said she asked for FEMA's help with community-based testing but the agency told her it is "moving away from that."

"You would do the number of tests you do in a month in just a few days to try to make sure we identify these asymptomatics and get a better handle on them," Admiral Brett Giroir said Wednesday.

According to recent data, the U.S. leads the world in the number of positive coronavirus cases with 2,502,311 instances of the infection reported.

Research has shown that nearly 50% of all American adults suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease at one point or another in their life. Additionally, for 4 out of 5 people who have a stroke, their first symptom is the actual stroke.

We could have a powerful tool against a second wave of COVID.

Chinese health officials in the city at the center of the initial coronavirus outbreak say they tested nearly seven million people in 12 days in order to quash fears of a second wave.

"I don't look at that as a bad thing, I look at that as, in a certain respect, as being a good thing," the president said.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Sunday he has not seen any spikes in new coronavirus cases in states that recently reopened "non-essential" businesses.

"The FDA has not raised any concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of SCAN's test, but we have been asked to pause testing until we receive that additional authorization," the statement said.

Temporary testing stations have appeared around Wuhan in response to six new coronavirus cases, China plans to test almost the entire city in two weeks

"The ongoing varying attempts by states to reopen American businesses-- even partially-- are fatally flawed and pure folly," said Dr. Carome.

Abbott immediately disputed the study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, and claimed that the researchers may not have taken the samples correctly.

A number of White House staffers have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last couple of days.

"At this time last week, roughly 2,700 inmates had been tested," said Director Carvajal. "Approximately 70 percent tested positive for COVID-19."

Coronavirus tests will be available free of charge to all approximately 10 million people residing in California's Los Angeles county.

"This is no different than any other public record we deal with," Dr. Nelson said Wednesday. "It's paid for by taxpayer dollars and the taxpayers have a right to know."

Only 1.38 percent of all ICE detainees have been tested for coronavirus out of a total nationwide population of 30,307 detainees, according to information released Tuesday.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday that 24.7 percent of New York City residents and 14.9 percent of residents statewide were shown to have coronavirus antibodies.

Keith Gambrell said his father, who had diabetes, was turned away from several hospitals in the Detroit area in the days leading to his death.

"It's going to take us a while to really map and trace this particular virus, map it through its experience in humans, and get the scientific evidence of where this virus originated."

The physician who led the CDC through the 2009 swine flu pandemic said the White House's new guidelines for reopening the U.S. economy are missing a number of significant pieces.

"The President's continued insistence on moving forward without testing, contact tracing, demographic data collection and a respect for science and the facts risks further death and economic disaster," Pelosi said Thursday.

A coronavirus test recently approved by the FDA only requires a patient to spit into a tube, while currently available methods are somewhat invasive.

Stephen Hahn said coronavirus testing will be necessary beyond May and "into the fall," as he acknowledged the U.S. is "very close to the peak" of active cases.

"We've had more testing and had more results than any country anywhere in the world," President Trump said Monday.

Tracking analysts see a discrepancy between White House claims and the real numbers on the testing kits.