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Top U.S. Officials Told CDC to Soften Coronavirus Testing Guidelines

FILE -- Healthcare workers administer coronavirus tests at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences drive-thru testing site, in Tulsa, Okla., July 30, 2020. Trump administration officials on Wednesday, Aug. 26, defended a new recommendation that people without COVID-19 symptoms abstain from testing, even as scientists warned that the policy could hobble an already weak federal response. (Chris Creese/The New York Times)