NIH Musters Million-Person Study to Track Covid’s Spread

The NIH is deploying the muscle of its million-person national research program to trace the spread of Covid-19 and figure out which response measures are most effective.

The All of Us Research Program, the National Institutes of Health’s push to advance targeted treatments known as precision medicine, announced Tuesday three new projects that Executive Director Josh Denny said can answer critical questions on the outbreak while informing future health emergency responses. The projects involve antibody testing, surveys on the patient experience, and culling data from electronic health records to glean insight on symptoms and health problems associated with the ...