at-home covid-19 test

A person swabs their nose as they receive testing for both rapid antigen and PCR COVID-19 tests at a Reliant Health Services testing site in Hawthorne, Calif., on Jan. 18.

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Even if they can find a test, not everyone wants to know they have COVID

11:54am February 01, 2022

by Yuki Noguchi

For some people, getting a positive coronavirus test could mean loss of income or other life disruptions. Doctors worry about growing disincentives to test and how this could prolong the pandemic.

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A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out last month in Youngstown, Ohio. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight at-home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden adminis

How to get insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests, according to the White House

9:59pm January 10, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The Biden administration says Americans should be able to order COVID-19 tests online later this month. Those who are eligible can get eight free over-the-counter at-home tests a month.

At-home rapid COVID-19 tests, like this one from Abbott, can be difficult to find and cost-prohibitive for some families.

How the U.S. got on the slow track with at-home COVID tests

12:01pm December 10, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

With a fast-growing winter surge upon us, self-testing kits remain expensive and hard to find. The reasons go back to the approach the U.S. took from the outset in developing tests.

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FILE - This Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md.

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FDA recalling 2 million Ellume at-home COVID-19 test kits because of false positives

5:19am November 11, 2021

by Dave Mistich

The federal regulatory agency says the recall stems from a manufacturing defect found in some 2 million tests.

A pupil wearing a face mask reads instructions for a coronavirus rapid test kit at the start of a lesson at an elementary school in Berlin on August 9, 2021.

The White House will spend an additional $1 billion on rapid at-home COVID tests

8:24pm October 06, 2021

The investment is a response to an ongoing national shortage and follows a $2 billion investment in September to supply rapid tests to community health centers, food banks and schools.

Ellume, an Australian company, manufactures a 15-minute at-home test for the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19.

U.S. Cuts $231 Million Deal To Provide 15-Minute COVID-19 At-Home Tests

5:49pm February 01, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The Food and Drug Administration gave emergency authorization to Ellume's rapid test in December, after it showed 96% accuracy in a U.S. clinical study.