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Meet the researchers developing rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases

Meet the researchers developing rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases

If you've ever taken an at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19, you can partially credit the technology to the Johns Hopkins University Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases (CIDID).

The center, funded largely by federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Defense, is dedicated to accelerating the development and review of rapid diagnostic tests that could be used worldwide for a wide range of infectious diseases, with an eye toward improving global public health.

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