Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, speaks about the teaching hospital's readiness for dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak, in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, March 18, 2020. Also attending the news update were the a number of the school and medical center's staff and administrators. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi researchers working on another coronavirus test
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Leaders at the University of Mississippi Medical Center said Wednesday that physicians and researchers there are working to develop a test for the new coronavirus amid high demand for test kits nationwide.