A Nashville-based lab company is working with the U.S. government to increase monkeypox testing capacity, and the lab is relying on some of the same equipment it acquired to expand the country’s capacity for COVID testing.
Nashville-Based Aegis Will Help Track COVID Variants For CDC
Aegis Sciences, a Nashville-based lab company that has focused on COVID testing since the pandemic began, has now been tapped to help the country track rapidly spreading COVID variants.
Another Nashville Lab Company Receives Federal Funding To Expand COVID Testing
PathGroup, which has been performing most tests for the city of Nashville, is one of nine companies that will split up nearly $130 million from the National Institutes of Health. The money, announced Wednesday, is meant to accelerate expansion of COVID-19 diagnostic testing.
Trump Administration Subsidizes Expansion Of COVID-19 Testing At Nashville Lab Company
A Nashville lab company that has been processing many of the state’s COVID-19 tests is now getting help from the federal government to further expand. The Department of Health and Human Services is investing $6.5 million in two commercial labs, including Aegis Sciences.