Rapid Scaling Up of Covid-19 Diagnostic Testing in the United States — The NIH RADx Initiative
Bruce J. Tromberg, Tara A. Schwetz, Eliseo J. Pérez‐Stable, Richard J. Hodes, Richard P. Woychik, Rick A. Bright, Rachael Fleurence, Francis S. Collins
Abstract
RADx — Rapid Scaling Up of Covid-19 Testing In April 2020, Congress appropriated $1.5 billion to the NIH to increase national testing capacity for SARS-CoV-2. The NIH established the Rapid Accelera...
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