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Demand for COVID-19 testing could soar in the fall with the reopening of some universities and schools, threatening to overburden an already strained system. Many schools and universities are planning to regularly test students and staff in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 on their campuses.But public health officials and experts worry there is…

CLOSE SportsPulse: There's one major reason why a fall without football is a real possibility: lack of robust COVID-19 testing. We dissect why. USA TODAYWith results from COVID-19 tests routinely taking one week or longer to complete, some labs are trying a new approach called sample pooling.The idea is labs can save coveted supplies if…

Surging COVID-19 outbreaks in several states are straining testing capacity across the country as people wait several days or even weeks to get their results back, causing another setback to the U.S. response to the months-long pandemic.Lengthy turnaround times are undermining the fight against the coronavirus, experts say, making efforts to trace contacts of confirmed…

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Adm. Brett Giroir, the Trump administration’s coronavirus testing czar. | Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images Adm. Brett Giroir, the Trump administration’s coronavirus testing czar, on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s suggestion that his own public health officials are liars. “Look, we may occasionally make mistakes based on the information we have, but none of us lie. We…