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HHS Releases Guidance Allowing Pharmacists to Offer SARS-CoV-2 Tests

Apr 09, 2020
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NEW YORK – The US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health announced Wednesday that licensed pharmacists are authorized to order and administer SARS-CoV-2 tests.

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