
Why Are Testing Rates Going Down?


A man walks past the Aardvark Mobile Health's Mobile Covid-19 Testing Truck in Miami Beach. Daily tests have fallen in Florida over the past several weeks. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A man walks past the Aardvark Mobile Health's Mobile Covid-19 Testing Truck in Miami Beach. Daily tests have fallen in Florida over the past several weeks.
Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty ImagesTesting is down 40% in two of the hardest-hit states — Texas and Florida. Ashish Jha of Harvard's Global Health Institute explains what might be going on.
NPR's Alison Aubrey describes a new COVID-19 test developed by Yale University that works with saliva.
And NPR's Kirk Sielger reports on a school district in Idaho that's preparing to reopen — and possibly close right back down again.
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