Cities are lobbying to host the ARPA-H headquarters. Experts don’t understand why
WASHINGTON — America’s mayors are drooling over President Biden’s new high-stakes research agency, ARPA-H.
They picture a futuristic office building transforming a city’s skyline. Inside it sits a cadre of best-in-class scientists, working feverishly to help local companies develop the next generation of biomedical breakthroughs, transforming the city’s economy along the way.

