NIH Awards Grants to Medical Companies to Boost Coronavirus Test Production

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The National Institutes of Health awarded $249 million in grants to seven companies making new coronavirus diagnostic technology in a move aimed at producing millions more tests per week to alleviate the U.S. testing shortfall

The National Institutes of Health awarded $249 million in grants to seven companies making new coronavirus diagnostic technology in a move aimed at producing millions more tests a week to alleviate the U.S. testing shortfall.

The grants to the medical-diagnostic companies, both large and small, “will significantly increase the availability of tests by millions a week as early as September,” said NIH Director Francis S. Collins in a call with reporters, though the exact timeline remained unclear. Another NIH scientist on the...

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Cows out of the barn but good try lol

This should've happened in March, if not sooner. TrumpKillsTexas TrumpFailedAmerica

At this point, at least in S FL, we have testing, but results are useless since they take over a week to get results 🥴

Why did it take 6 months?!

Where is Trade war of America

VictoriaESanch1

Sweet BOM of China

Is AYTU BioScience on the list?

NIH what took you so long?

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