Ascases of a new COVID-19 variant tick upwardacross the U.S., the federal government is again offering Americans free at-homeCOVID-19 test kits. Individuals and households can begin ordering the test kits later this month, on the heels of a summer wave of COVID-19 cases. The B...
The government previously offered free test kits last winter, but shipments through the website have been on pause since May to conserve supplies of the tests. Do COVID-19 tests still work after they expire? Here's how to tell. However, officials have stressed that otherfree testing optionsh...
The latest round of free COVID-19 test kits comes after the city handed out nearly 38,000 kits with two tests each in December 2021. This time city officials plan to distribute up to 20,000 of the kits, the mayor's office noted in the statement. Get our free mobile app Each kit co...
Republicans in Congress opposed the measure on financial grounds, citing the $1.9 trillion already allotted to battling COVID-19 under the American Rescue Plan. Can I still get free COVID-19 test kits? Just days after the FDAauthorized a new boosterdesigned to blunt a winter surge in cases,...
- If you belong to one of the 66 million U.S households that ordered the free COVID-19 at-home tests from the federal government, you might see them arrive in your mailbox soon. The White House is saying tens of millions of tests are already on their way via...
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To know for sure, call the manufacturer. The FDA also maintains a list of COVID test kits and their extended expiration dates. When Is It an Emergency? If you can't get tested, you may still need medical help. Call your doctor if you don't feel well or have a high fever or a co...
Nearly half of the 500 million free COVID-19 tests that the Biden administration recently made available to Americans still haven’t been claimed as virus cases plummet and people feel less urgency to test.
Britain’s government says families with children in school will be provided with free coronavirus home test kits as part of plans for schools to reopen beginning on March 8. Free, twice-weekly tests will be provided to children’s households regardless of whether anyone has symp...
The COVID-19 rapid test kits had previously been sent at no cost to households, upon request, using the U.S. Postal Service. Lack of dedicated funding has been cited as the cause for the program’s suspension. More than 600 million free tests hav...