State-Funded Screening Initiative Highlights Growing Public Sector Support for Innovative Cancer Detection Tools 

GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 20/20 BioLabs, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIDX), an early market entrant in AI powered laboratory-based blood tests for the early detection and prevention of cancers and chronic diseases, today announced that 18 groups of Maryland fire departments have been notified that they will collectively be awarded over $520,000 from the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) to procure and administer the Company's patented OneTest™ multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood test.

The funding is from the state's Professional and Volunteer Firefighter Innovative Cancer Screening Technologies Grant Program, administered by MDH. The testing of these firefighters, estimated to exceed 1,400 individuals, is expected to take place in April or May of this year and represents a ~ 225% increase in the number of OneTest MCEDs funded through the same program last year.