Apoorva Kakkilaya

Pool testing is a strategy in which samples from several people are tested together for SARS-CoV-2. This allows more samples to be tested quickly while utilizing fewer resources. If a pooled test result is positive, each of the samples are then individually tested to determine which samples are positive. This strategy is recommended for use…

This week, leaders from the National Institutes of Health detailed ongoing plans to increase the number, quality, and type of tests for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics (Tromberg et al. 2020). The Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program was established on April 29 after $1.5 billion of federal stimulus funding was appropriated to the NIH. RADx aims to…