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As coronavirus numbers rise CDC testing comes under fire


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As coronavirus numbers rise CDC testing comes under fire

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention botched its first attempt to mass produce a diagnostic test kit, a discovery made only after officials had shipped hundreds of kits to state laboratories. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/02/health/coronavirus-testing-cdc.html read more...


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