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October 10, 2024
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FDA authorizes over-the-counter combined COVID-19 and flu test

What parents need to know about COVID, flu vaccines What parents need to know about COVID, flu vaccines 02:45 The Food and Drug Administration is making it easier for people to simultaneously test themselves for COVID-19 and the flu at home.  The agency this week authorized the Healgen Scientific’s Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test for […]

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October 10, 2024
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Why free COVID tests from the government are expiring so soon

While none of the free COVID-19 tests being shipped by the U.S. Postal Service this year will have already expired, officials acknowledge many now arriving in mailboxes will likely see their shelf life run out in a few months.  So far this season, around 20 million of the 32 million tests ordered through COVIDTests.gov have […]

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September 26, 2024
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Free COVID tests are back. But there are more accurate tests for sale.

Manufacturers of the most accurate home COVID-19 tests on the market say they were left out again from the Biden administration’s latest round of free orders through COVIDTests.gov, which for a seventh time will rely on less sensitive “antigen” tests, which are generally the cheaper options available on drugstore shelves. Federal health officials have justified the millions […]