The growth in health care sector jobs is still one of the brightest spots in the economy, according to the latest Labor Department report this morning. What to watch: Will the growth continue when the Obamacare repeal-a-rama begins?
The December highlights:
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The White House and other institutions are observing several models to better understand and prepare cities for when the coronavirus is expected to peak in the U.S.
The state of play: The coronavirus is expected to peak in the U.S. in two weeks, but many states like Virginia and Maryland will see their individual peaks well after that, according to a model by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Currently, it takes days to produce results from testing kits. Photo: Sergei Malgavko\TASS via Getty Images
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency approval Tuesday for a serological testing kit produced by Bodysphere Inc. that can detect a positive or negative result for COVID-19 in two minutes.
Why it matters: Access to testing has improved in the U.S. thanks to commercial labs, but the average wait time for a patient's results is four to five days — with some reports of it taking more than a week.