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Planning to test at home ahead of your holiday gathering? Here’s what you need to know.
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With coronavirus cases on the rise, at-home testing remains a useful but imperfect way to mitigate risk.

I caught up with Katherine J. Wu, a staff writer who’s been covering this pandemic, to talk about what rapid-test results

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