CLIA success + BARDA + Antibiotic resistance + Gut Microbiota concerns + Fearful and Misguided Patients pressuring Docs to Prescribe Antibiotics + Doctors Over prescribing Antibiotics + ~$20 test + US Pasteur Act debate/penny pinching => Mandatory FebriDx Testing before Prescribing Antibiotics for respiratory infection?
BARDA is a founder of CARB - (Combatting Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria)
https://aspr.hhs.gov/AboutASPR/ProgramOffices/BARDA/Pages/AMR.aspx
See National Goal number 1 at CARB:
https://aspe.hhs.gov/system/files/pdf/264126/CARB-National-Action-Plan-2020-2025.pdf
Bipartisan Sponsored Pasteur Act (not passed yet) - $6b
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1355
ISDA (Infectious Diseases Society of America) Senior VP on the Pasteur Act
https://www.contagionlive.com/view/an-update-on-the-pasteur-act
Ann: Lumos and BARDA Partner to Support FebriDx CLIA Waiver Study, page-38
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