COVIDtests.gov will once again offer each U.S. household four free COVID-19 test kits beginning in late September 2024.
To avoid scammers impersonating the federal government: Don’t click links in unexpected emails or text messages, no matter how real they look. Start atCOVIDTests.govto order your free test kits. When you click to order, you’ll go tospecial.usps.com/testkits. The test...
PSA to readers: as of January, 2025, the USPS is once again offering free COVID tests for order on theUSPS test kit site. Shipping is free as well. This is the first time since March that the federal government has offered the free rapid antigen test kits available for order through th...
Check this list to see whether your COVID test dates have been pushed back. And keep in mind that some of the free tests being shipped by the government may show “expired” dates on the box, but the FDA has extended those dates. If you need help placing an order for your at-...
The homemoleculartests delivered by that program – Pfizer's Lucira test for COVID-19 and flu – are more sensitive than other kinds of at-home rapid antigen tests that had been shipped from the USPS orders. That program is set to wind down in mid-April, a spokesperson for the NIH's ...
Are COVID Tests Still Free? Yes. You may remember that in early 2022, the U.S. government organized 3 ways that you could get free COVID tests: Rapid at-home tests shipped from the USPS (there have been a number of different rounds of free USPS kits) ...
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 government plans to start shipping free COVID tests the week of September 30 (i.e. this week), but it’s not clear exactly how long it will take to process orders and get them into homes. If you want to keep a close eye on when your test will arrive, you can sign up to re...
Private health insurance companies are no longer required to cover the cost of laboratory Covid testing. The newly released updated Covid vaccine is the first that the federal government won’t cover the full cost of. Instead, what you pay will depend on your type of insurance and whet...
warnings are going up about the spread of the covid-19 virus — along with the flu and RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus. To try to minimize the upsurge, the US government is once againoffering free home rapid antigen teststo each US household. According to the government website, orders...