Dr Keith Jerome (left) and Dr Alex Greninger as well as their lab colleagues were ahead of much of their nation in developing an accurate test for the new coronavirus. — Kaiser Health News/TNS
While officials in Washington, DC, grappled with delays and red tape, two professional virus-hunters raced to make thousands of tests available to detect the deadly new coronavirus sweeping the globe, hoping to stem its spread in the United States.
Dr Keith Jerome, 56, and Dr Alex Greninger, 38, of the esteemed University of Washington School of Medicine, have overseen the rollout of more than 4,000 tests, painstaking work that has confirmed the infection in hundreds of patients across their nation.
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