The majority of school districts will also be closed, along with some liquor stores in states with stricter laws (which includes Massachusetts). It will also be harder to find banks open on Veterans Day 2015, however. Here is a larger list of those that will be closed on November 11 (via the Huffington Post). Bank First National; Bank of America
Sometimes, doctors do a throat culture instead of a rapid strep test. A throat culture is more accurate than a rapid strep test, but the results take longer (2-3 days) to come back.
The traditional test for a strep throat has been a throat culture. The major drawback of a throat culture is that the results take two to three days... Q.I was diagnosed with strep throat and given penicillin for 7 days. It came back and now on Zpac and it's not working. A. Since I don't know how you were diagnosed (lab culture, rapid strep test, or just a look and see by your medical provider)...