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Pandemic job losses hit new high, antiviral tests disappoint

by Associated Press
| April 23, 2020 11:03 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Discouraging results from a study into a possible coronavirus treatment and fresh data showing one in six American workers have lost their jobs tempered relief Friday over the passage by Congress of a nearly $500 billion spending package to help embattled businesses and hospitals.

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