News

A local telehealth company is bringing faster Covid-19 testing to the Charlotte area. Cornelius-based MedCall Advisors, which provides virtual emergency care, is partnering with MicroGenDX to build and ship Covid-19 test kits. The MicroGenDX lab can process samples within a day, with patients receiving the results in about two days. “We’re able to do it … faster because this is all we do,” said MicroGenDX CEO Rick Martin.

(CNN) — After our summer of housebound limbo, a handful of international travel options are finally opening back up, with conditions. So how do you meet the Covid-19 safety requirements for your dream destination — or at least one that’s allowing in American tourists?

After our summer of housebound limbo, a handful of international travel options are finally opening back up, with conditions. So how do you meet the Covid-19 safety requirements for your dream destination — or at least one that’s allowing in American tourists?

Many of us would like to ensure we’re coronavirus-free before we travel. After all, nobody wants to infect Grandma or unknowingly spreading the virus to another state—or, even worse, a remote island. Thankfully, it’s recently become much easier to get quick Covid test results, no public-health clinic or testing site necessary.