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NIH Funds Additional $15M to COVID-19 Testing Projects for Schools
The agency said the new awards will provide funding over two years for five projects in California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nebraska, and Florida.
UK Government Test and Trace Program Heavily Criticized by Public Spending Watchdog
The UK's NAO found that only 14 percent of distributed lateral flow tests had been registered as used, among other things.
The instrument, which is undergoing the FDA clearance process, has the capability to do PCR testing, clinical chemistry, and immunoassays.
AMP Cautions Against Using Cycle Threshold Values for PCR SARS-CoV-2 Tests in Clinical Practice
Although a cycle threshold value may help determine patient prognosis and risk of transmission, there is limited data on making clinical decisions based on Ct values, AMP said.
ACMG Presentation Highlights Broad Institute's Massive Expansion of COVID-19 Testing Program
The Broad's clinical research sequencing lab now runs 135,000 tests each day and routinely tests more than 100 higher education sites and 40 schools in the state.