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Hospitals speed up flu testing for hectic season

(MCT) — Laboratory testing for the flu has traditionally taken so long to yield results that most people recovered before finding out if they actually had the virus.

But about half a dozen Chicago-area hospitals can now diagnose influenza in just more than an hour through a federally approved machine that has been working overtime during what is shaping up as a horrendous season for the flu.

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