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There are many COVID-19 tests in the US – how are they being regulated?

  • Written by David Pride, Associate Director of Microbiology, University of California San Diego
If only COVID-19 testing was as simple as a pregnancy test.Taechit Taechamanodom

When it comes to COVID-19 testing in the United States, the situation is about as messy as it gets.

The U.S. went from having no tests, or assays, available for COVID-19 diagnostics to having multiple different tests available in a span of just a few weeks. Today more...

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