FDA authorizes nonprescription test that detects 3 viruses
The test, made by Labcorp, is the first of its kind that doesn’t require a prescription.
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The test, made by Labcorp, is the first of its kind that doesn’t require a prescription.
A team at Emory University has played a key role in helping the federal government evaluate COVID-19 tests during the pandemic.
This time they're off because there was a very mild season down in australia. and then the third, that we don't -- we mixing it up with covid. like the symptoms are too similar. flu doesn't have the same nasal congestion as covid does but same body aches and weakness and fatigue and fever and seeing kids getting sick with the flu. two deaths have occurred already. flu hospitalizations are going on. all of this taken together, make it a lot harder on me as a clinician to decide what's the flu and what's covid? good news, i can do tests for both. the flu test is a lot more available than the cov...
Advisor. you are where cases are going up. do i understand that correctly? >> reporter: that is correct. let's start with saying last week there was a case of a young boy who tested positive for both the flu and covid-19 at this particular testing center in western los angeles. that sort of got a lot of attention, right? the media has been covering it. as you mentioned, it's not a new disease, it's not a virus, it just means a person has been infected with both, from what we were told. health officials in l.a. said it's not a new case, they have been seeing this. that being said, we don't know...
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