Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

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CDC laboratory testing pauses for over 2 dozen infectious diseases in 2026 raise concerns regarding diagnostic access for ...

It’s either inaccurate — missing up to half of all cases — or requires expensive laboratories that are not widely available ...