Medical Xpress January 3, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how crucial testing is for disease preparedness and response, and new research from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and a team of collaborators underscores that principle.
Published in the Jan. 2 edition of The Lancet Public Health, the research included simulation and analysis that suggests public-private partnerships to develop, produce and distribute COVID-19 diagnostic tests saved an estimated 1.4 million lives and prevented about 7 million patient hospitalizations in the United States during the pandemic.
APL, based in Laurel, Maryland, teamed with the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and consultants from MITRE Corporation on the study.
“The analysis found that the early development, manufacturing...
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