Dec 24, 2021

Airlines (and omicron) bring an unwanted holiday offering: Flight cancellations

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Also today: We find that the U.S. health care system has some inherent flaws when it comes to COVID testing. The BBC reports on Beijing hitting back at the new U.S. law thats banning imports from China's Xinjiang region.

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COVID-19

The U.S. health care system isn't set up great for COVID-19 testing

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Dec 24, 2021

We have a slow regulatory process, fragmented providers and a focus on treating disease over preventing it.

Binax COVID-19 testing kits are handed out in the in Brooklyn, New York on Dec. 23. While about 40 companies manufacture COVID tests in Europe, stricter regulations mean only about a dozen manufacturers are approved in the U.S.

Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

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