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The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

A Home COVID Test?! 🔬

The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Small But Mighty Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family, News

4.4702 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Who did TIME Magazine name its first ever Kid of the Year in 2020? 🧪 Discover how the FDA is making home COVID testing easier (with correspondents Jacob & Olivia Rozencwaig from the Curious Kid Podcast) 👾 Pac-Man turns 40! Let's celebrate with Five Fast Facts about the classic arcade game. 🤶 Get festive with The Ten News Screen Report: the holiday edition! (with correspondent Ryan Nerz) 🐧 See if you can guess the answer to the Trivia Question of the Day: How did scientists discover new penguin colonies in Antarctica? 👩🏽‍🔬 Learn more about TIME's first ever Kid of the Year, 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao 🧪 Explore the future of at home Covid-19 and coronavirus testing as approved by the FDA 🐧 Want to know more about the poopy penguins in Antarctica? 💌 We love email! Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

How did scientists discover new penguin colonies in Antarctica?

0:04.0

Can you believe Pac-Man is 40 years old?

0:09.0

I'm Bethany Van Delft, and we'll get into all this and more on today's The Ten News.

0:15.0

The show where, in the time it takes to eat all the dots inside a maze while avoiding four pesky ghosts, we find out what's

0:22.0

up in the world. Okay, let's get into the 10 news.

0:26.8

10. 9.7, 6. 5, 4, 3.2.1. Earlier this month, Time Magazine, which famously names one influential figure in its annual Person of the Year edition, announced its first ever kid of the year, 15-year-old Gittanzali Rao.

0:48.3

She was selected from thousands of nominees for her work using technology to address big problems ranging from contaminated drinking

0:55.9

water to cyberbullying and for working to create a global network of young innovators just like

1:03.3

her all dedicated to making the world a better safer place congratulations getang Gatangeli.

1:20.5

Speaking of helpful innovations, the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, recently approved a new COVID test that could make getting tested a lot easier.

1:24.5

To find out more, let's go to the always curious father-daughter podcasting team,

1:29.9

Jacob and Olivia Rosenzweig. The coronavirus started to change our lives in a big way about 300 days ago.

1:38.2

In that time, about 300 tests have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to test for

1:44.0

COVID, but there is a new

1:45.6

COVID-19 test that truly sets itself apart from the others. And that's because you can do the

1:52.0

test at home, by yourself, and get results in just 30 minutes. Oh, wow, man. So this is how it works.

2:00.1

First, the test has to be prescribed by a doctor or other healthcare provider.

2:04.6

You won't be able to get the test without a prescription.

2:07.6

For the test, you just use a swab in the nose to get a sample.

2:12.6

The sample is then mixed with a special lab solution.

2:15.6

The mixture is then put into a portable device that will give you results in about 30 minutes.

2:22.4

That sounds easier than any test I've ever taken at school.

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