free COVID tests

The California company iHealth is one of 12 U.S. manufacturers getting an investment from the federal government to provide free tests by mail to people ahead of the winter COVID season.

Health & Safety

Free COVID tests by mail are back, starting Monday

11:34am September 21, 2023

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

People will be able to go to COVIDTests.gov and get four free tests per household, starting next week. The Biden administration says it is trying to prepare for the fall and winter COVID season.

Through the pandemic, if you needed a coronavirus test, you could get one for free, even without insurance. Now, that is no longer the case in some places, as the federal funding covering the costs has run out.

National
Health & Safety

Free COVID tests and treatments no longer free for uninsured, as funding runs out

11:35am March 29, 2022

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The Biden administration has asked Congress to allocate $22.5 billion more for pandemic relief. But the funding is stalled and the effects are already being felt.