The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has received an emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration for a new diagnostic test aimed at simultaneously detecting and differentiating between influenza and the coronavirus, according to a press release Thursday.
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CDC test to simultaneously detect coronavirus, influenza given FDA emergency use authorization
By Fox Business
| July 03, 2020
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