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'Pooled testing' for COVID-19 holds promise, pitfalls

by AP Health Writer
| June 30, 2020 9:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top health officials are banking on a new approach to dramatically boost U.S. screening for the coronavirus: combining test samples in batches instead of running them one by one.

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