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Fri. 06/10 - COVID-Sniffing Dogs & Delayed Positive Test Results


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Why are some people experiencing delayed positive tests from COVID-19? And, new tests on the block, from expensive at-home hubs to COVID-sniffing dogs. Plus, a proposal in the UK to raise the legal purchase age for cigarettes by a year, every year. And the newest US quarter has just dropped, featuring Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller.

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Links:

A Negative COVID Test Has Never Been So Meaningless (The Atlantic)
  • Dogs may be better at detecting Covid-19 than nasal PCR tests, study finds (The Guardian)
  • Behind the high-tech COVID-19 tests you probably haven't heard about (The Verge)
  • Legal age someone can buy cigarettes should rise by a year every year, review recommends (Sky News)
  • Smoking age of sale should rise by year each year (BBC)
  • Age to buy cigarettes in England should rise every year, review says (Reuters)
  • A new quarter honors Native American leader and activist Wilma Mankiller (NPR)
  • Wilma Mankiller quarters released to eager public (Indian Country Today)
  • American Women Quarters 2022 Rolls and Bags (US Mint)
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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