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Fact CheckThe vice president falsely claimed that increased testing “is generating” more cases, among other exaggerations and inaccurate claims.Vice President Mike Pence went beyond spin in the first coronavirus task force briefing in many weeks.Credit...Michael A. McCoy for The New York TimesJune 26, 2020Updated 10:03 p.m. ETVice President Mike Pence defended the Trump administration’s response to…

Coronavirus testing in the United States is moving into a new phase as scientists begin looking into people’s blood for signs they’ve been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This technique is called serological testing. Virologist Daniel Stadlbauer helped develop a serological test to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and helped transfer it from the…

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