Texas lawmakers, led by Senator Paul Bettencourt and Representative Brad Buckley, have introduced bills to eliminate the STAAR test, replacing it with three shorter assessments.

England cricketing great Ian Botham was saved by his former Ashes rival Merv Hughes after a fall into crocodile-infested waters while on a fishing trip in northern Australia.

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State lawmakers passed a new law that makes price gouging for tests and vaccines during the pandemic illegal.

While many sites are free, If you opted to get a rapid test for fast results, you probably paid $100 or more. How to get reimbursed for rapid COVID testIf you haven’t been tested yet, but need a rapid COVID test, call your insurance company at the number on your insurance card. Ask if they will reimburse the cost of a rapid covid test. It’s important where ever you go that you make sure you tell them you only want a covid test and nothing else. AdCommunity Health Choice is not limiting the number of rapid covid tests that it will reimburse for.

HOUSTON – Doctors and government leaders are urging us to get tested for COVID-19 even if we don’t have any symptoms. He answered our questions about which tests are best to detect the virus. A: Varon said rapid tests, even if taken with a nasal swab, have proven to be inaccurate about 20% of the time. Rapid Nasal Swab TestAverage 20% false-negative readingsUsually $150 & upResults come back in as little as 15 minutesSaliva and mouth swab testsAverage 30% chance of false-negative readings. A: It could be because you were given other tests in addition to the COVID test.