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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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