The National Institutes of Health wasted no time and putting pandemic stimulus money to use. It launched RADx, a program to enlist industry in academia in a biomedical engineering approach to the pandemic. It stands for rapid acceleration of diagnostics. The program officer of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Michael Wolfson, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share the details.
Source: NIH wants help taking a biomedical approach to coronavirus pandemic – By Tom Temin, June 9, 2020. Federal News Network.