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COVID tests: Do at-home tests work on newer variants?

If you develop respiratory symptoms, you may worry that you have COVID-19. One easy way to check is with an at-home COVID test. But do the tests works to detect newer variants?
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Stat of the Week

High blood pressure (hypertension) harms the heart, kidneys, and brain. In the five US states –– Mississippi, West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky –– with the highest rates of adult hypertension, more than two in every five adults have high blood pressure, according to a US survey from 2021 reported by Statista.

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