Background: The use of pooled specimens has been proposed as a means of expanding testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies in population studies and in blood screening, while reducing laboratory costs.
Specifically, Congress told the agency to use the extra money to draw up immediately a detailed program, including costs, for expanded tests of a more complex system and to bring it back to Congress by Jan . 1
Florida, for example, has not been able to expand testing for Zika, so pregnant women wait weeks to know if their babies might be affected.
Federal officials have discussed expanded testing for years.
Bending to pressure from consumer advocates and its own inspector general, who had called inspections seriously flawed, the Agriculture Department expanded testing for the disease in 2005 to about one of every 90 cows slaughtered.
In light of the new cases, the Postal Service said tonight that it would expand testing for anthrax spores and bacteria to more than 200 mail distribution centers and post offices along the Eastern Coast.
Howman spoke in 2011 in New York at a Partnership for Clean Competition meeting -- attended by MLB investigators -- urging testers in U.S. professional sports to expand testing for substances such as erythropoietin and human growth hormone and employ the nonanalytical work necessary to root out cheaters.
Thus, expanded testing for STLV-4 and HTLV-4 in Gabon and other African countries where gorillas exist may be warranted.
Opportunities for expanding couples testing and counseling exist in Kenya, including integration of partner testing into HIV care and treatment programs, enhanced partner testing in prevention of mother to child transmission and tuberculosis programs, and home-based HIV couples testing.
