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Are not as sensitive or at least they miss some of the positive results in the first 36 hours. when a lot of these tests were first approved, they were approved under an authorization that required people to check three separate tests two to three days apart. that's a good practice to use again here. because folks need to know that some of these antigen tests miss those very earliest cases, but if you check twice, it's much more likely you'll pick yourself up if you're positive. >> dr. mario ramirez and heidi przybyla, thank you so much for being with me this morning. coming up, texas congress...

Przybyla and dr. ramirez, managing director at opportunity labs. heidi, let's start with you. what's the situation in maryland? >> yeah, jose, it's probably easiest to put it in market terms, there's a supply problem in the nation's hospital system. you've got less staff, because people are having to quarantine because they're sick or they're just testing positive, and you've got more patients coming in. not just covid positive, but people who have just regular conditions, coming in to be treated. and then the issue that doesn't get enough attention, jose, is people flooding the ers, just to g...

Are being affected, and we're seeing many nurses, she said, because of the burnout this year, just not renewing their licenses. jose? >> so, heidi, so there are no massive testing sites where you are? i mean, are all the testing sites essentially hospitals? >> reporter: they've created testing sites, but people aren't going to those testing sites. if they have symptoms, perhaps coming to the emergency room. luckily, they've created this drive-through testing site here, however, jose, so they've brought in the national guard to help staff that. and that is aalleviating pressure here, but more g...

Students across California return to the classroom Monday without masks, but not at LAUSD, where some parents plan to protest the district's mask mandate.

A Lancaster father who was visiting his mother in Baldwin Hills was killed after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver early Friday morning, police said.