60 million households have requested free Covid-19 rapid tests, White House says
2 years, 10 months ago

60 million households have requested free Covid-19 rapid tests, White House says

CNN  

CNN — The White House said on Friday some 60 million households have requested free Covid-19 rapid tests so far, with tens of millions tests having “gone out the door” as part of the Biden administration’s program to mail more than half a billion rapid tests to Americans around the country. White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters during a gaggle aboard Air Force One that the federal government has also shipped out tens of millions of N95 masks to locations across the country, as part of the administration’s plan to distribute 400 million free masks at convenient locations nationwide. The government website to request free rapid Covid-19 tests formally launched last week, allowing people to order a maximum of four tests shipped directly to their household. Overall, the Biden administration has pledged to acquire 1 billion rapid tests – initially the 500 million to distribute by mail to Americans for free, with another 500 million announced recently to meet future demand.

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Free COVID tests are back. Here's how to order a test to your home
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Free COVID tests are back. Here's how to order a test to your home

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Americans can once again order …

The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here’s how to get them
2 months, 3 weeks ago

The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here’s how to get them

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, sent straight to their homes. The website has been reopened on the heels of a summer COVID-19 virus wave and heading into the fall and winter respiratory virus season, with health officials urging Americans to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine and their yearly flu shot. U.S. regulators approved …

Free COVID tests are back. Here’s how to get yours
3 months ago

Free COVID tests are back. Here’s how to get yours

LA Times  

The federal government will again send out free COVID testing kits to anyone who requests them. Coronavirus infections have come roaring back this year, prompting the Biden administration to renew one of its earliest responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Free at-home test kits delivered via the mail. If you don’t want to wait for the tests to come by mail, …

Government announces more COVID-19 tests can be ordered through mail for no cost
4 months ago

Government announces more COVID-19 tests can be ordered through mail for no cost

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — On the heels of a summer wave of COVID-19 cases, Americans will be able to get free virus test kits mailed to their homes, starting in late September. U.S. households will be able to order up to four COVID-19 nasal swab tests when the federal program reopens, according to the website, COVIDtests.gov. The announcement also comes as the …

Friday is the last day US consumers can place mail orders for free COVID tests from the government
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Friday is the last day US consumers can place mail orders for free COVID tests from the government

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The U.S. government is suspending mail orders for free COVID-19 tests — at least for now. Friday March 8 is the last day residential households can request free virus tests shipped through the United States Postal Service. “ASPR has delivered over 1.8 billion free COVID-19 tests to the American people through COVIDTests.gov and direct distribution pathways and …

Free COVID-19 tests are still available by mail — until Friday
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Free COVID-19 tests are still available by mail — until Friday

LA Times  

You can order four free COVID-19 tests and the U.S. Free COVID-19 tests are still available by mail, but the U.S. Since Nov. 20, residents have been eligible to receive up to two orders of four at-home COVID-19 tests via the USPS, meaning each home could receive up to eight tests. “Ordering for free COVID-19 tests via this website will …

Sick with COVID and the flu: Double infections hit California hard
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Sick with COVID and the flu: Double infections hit California hard

LA Times  

California’s hospitals are getting busier with more COVID-19 and flu patients, some of whom are suffering from both viruses at the same time. L.A. County’s entry into the “medium” COVID-19 hospitalization category has prompted local public health officials to order hospitals, nursing homes and any other inpatient facility to require healthcare employees mask up while in patient-care areas. Multiple tests …

More free COVID-19 tests from the government are available for home delivery through the mail
1 year, 1 month ago

More free COVID-19 tests from the government are available for home delivery through the mail

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Americans can order more free COVID-19 tests online for home delivery. The U.S. government is offering to send another round of four at-home virus tests ahead of the typical surge in cases during the winter holiday season. The new release of free COVID-19 nasal swab tests also comes ahead of the first winter since the pandemic started that …

More free, at-home Covid-19 tests available for US residents through government
1 year, 1 month ago

More free, at-home Covid-19 tests available for US residents through government

CNN  

CNN — US households are now eligible to order an additional four at-home Covid-19 tests — free of cost — through the government. As of Monday, residential households in the US can submit an order through Covidtests.gov for four individual rapid antigen Covid-19 tests. Residents who haven’t placed an order since the program reopened can place two orders, which will …

US households can now order four free Covid tests from the government: Latest guidelines
1 year, 1 month ago

US households can now order four free Covid tests from the government: Latest guidelines

The Independent  

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US government issues new COVID-19 guidelines for households, free rapid tests
1 year, 2 months ago

US government issues new COVID-19 guidelines for households, free rapid tests

Hindustan Times  

United States has restarted its free Covid test program. As per the latest update, four more free COVID-19 rapid tests per household, can be ordered from the official website of the United States government- COVIDTests.gov. COVID-19 antigen home tests The free COVID-19 rapid tests, are aimed to help uninsured individuals and underserved communities. According to the information available on the …

Free COVID-19 home tests are back for US households, Here's how to order yours online
1 year, 3 months ago

Free COVID-19 home tests are back for US households, Here's how to order yours online

Hindustan Times  

The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that it will resume a program that offers free Covid-19 home tests to Americans. The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household. …

Biden government to deliver free COVID tests again to US households
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden government to deliver free COVID tests again to US households

Live Mint  

The US Department of Health and Human Services said on September 20 that it will deliver COVID-19 tests for free to households across the country, reported Reuters. The health agency said that starting from September 25, households will again have the option to request four free tests via COVIDTests.gov. The HHS further said that these tests are designed to identify …

Covid-19: US households will be able to order more free tests starting Monday
1 year, 3 months ago

Covid-19: US households will be able to order more free tests starting Monday

CNN  

CNN — The US government will relaunch a program to provide free Covid-19 home tests to Americans, US Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. Becerra said HHS’s Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response “has been resupplying our stockpile.” The tests coming available soon are intended for use through the end of 2023 and will include instructions on how …

U.S. announces $600 million to produce COVID tests and will reopen website for orders
1 year, 3 months ago

U.S. announces $600 million to produce COVID tests and will reopen website for orders

LA Times  

The Biden administration is providing $600 million to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is resurrecting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household. The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up …

Ramp up Covid testing to stay alert: Centre to states
1 year, 8 months ago

Ramp up Covid testing to stay alert: Centre to states

Hindustan Times  

The Union government on Saturday directed states to increase testing for Covid-19 as per the World Health Organization’s guidelines to effectively check any increase in its spread, people familiar with the matter said. “In the past several weeks, in some states Covid-19 testing has declined and the current testing levels are insufficient as compared to the standards prescribed by WHO,” …

Biden seeks $47B for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox, disasters
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden seeks $47B for Ukraine, COVID-19, monkeypox, disasters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $47 billion in emergency dollars that would go toward the war in Ukraine, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing monkeypox outbreak and help for recent natural disasters in Kentucky and other states. In Friday’s request, the White House is seeking $7.1 billion to procure additional vaccines …

More free COVID rapid tests are available. Here’s how to get yours
2 years, 7 months ago

More free COVID rapid tests are available. Here’s how to get yours

LA Times  

According to the CDC, rapid tests do a good job detecting COVID-19 in someone who is showing symptoms of the disease, such as a cough, a fever or a sore throat. Response to the administration’s previous offer of free kits wasn’t exactly overwhelming, though — according to the White House, more than 70 million households ordered kits online, out of …

California sends millions of COVID-19 tests to schools for the return from spring break
2 years, 8 months ago

California sends millions of COVID-19 tests to schools for the return from spring break

LA Times  

California has sent millions of at-home COVID-19 tests to schools in preparation for the return of students from spring break. In an effort to prepare school districts across the state to test students for COVID-19 when they return from spring break, Gov. The state has already shipped 14.3 million COVID-19 at-home tests for students and staff, the governor’s office said …

New Biden pandemic plan: Closer to normal for the nation
2 years, 9 months ago

New Biden pandemic plan: Closer to normal for the nation

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It’s time for America to stop letting the coronavirus “dictate how we live,” President Joe Biden’s White House declared Wednesday, outlining a strategy to allow people to return to many normal activities safely after two years of pandemic disruptions. A White House official said the “test-to-treat” plan would initially roll out in hundreds of pharmacies across the country, …

White House launches ‘test to treat’ COVID-19 initiative, plan toward greater normality
2 years, 9 months ago

White House launches ‘test to treat’ COVID-19 initiative, plan toward greater normality

LA Times  

Beginning this month, Americans will be able to head to their local pharmacy for a coronavirus test and, if they test positive, receive antiviral pills on the spot, at no cost to them. President Biden announced the launch of the “test to treat” initiative during Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address as he emphasized the country’s progress in battling …

Free Covid tests are set to STAY for over-80s and most vulnerable
2 years, 10 months ago

Free Covid tests are set to STAY for over-80s and most vulnerable

Daily Mail  

Over-80s and the most vulnerable will still be offered free Covid tests after they are scrapped nationwide, it was claimed today. Boris Johnson will unveil his 'living with Covid' strategy later today, with the Prime Minister expected to lay out a timetable for axing public access to lateral flow and PCR swabs. No10's business minister Paul Scully today said the …

Medicare opens up access to free at-home COVID-19 tests
2 years, 10 months ago

Medicare opens up access to free at-home COVID-19 tests

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration, seeking to fill a frustrating gap in coverage for COVID-19 tests, Thursday announced that people with Medicare will be able to get free over-the-counter tests much more easily in the coming weeks. Medicare benefits are governed by a host of arcane laws and regulations, and officials said Thursday they were able to arrange for coverage …

Free Covid tests distributed by White House may not be considered valid for travel
2 years, 10 months ago

Free Covid tests distributed by White House may not be considered valid for travel

Daily Mail  

Dr David Weber, an epidemiologist at UNC-Chapel Hill, said that at-home tests distributed by the Biden administration may not be usable for travel requirements Free home COVID tests funded by Joe Biden will likely not be approved to get around existing travel rules because it is too easy to fake a negative result, a health expert has warned. Dr David …

Seniors are at high risk of COVID, but Medicare doesn't pay for rapid tests
2 years, 11 months ago

Seniors are at high risk of COVID, but Medicare doesn't pay for rapid tests

NPR  

Seniors are at high risk of COVID, but Medicare doesn't pay for rapid tests Enlarge this image toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of COVID-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? And who will have an especially tough time getting free at-home COVID tests …

There's now a phone line to order your free at-home COVID tests
2 years, 11 months ago

There's now a phone line to order your free at-home COVID tests

NPR  

There's now a phone line to order your free at-home COVID tests Enlarge this image toggle caption Steven Senne/AP Steven Senne/AP The Biden administration on Friday opened a phone line for people to order free at-home COVID-19 tests. Sponsor Message The website — COVIDtests.gov — began taking at-home test orders on Tuesday and the tests began shipping out Thursday, according …

US begins offering 1B free COVID tests, but many more needed
2 years, 11 months ago

US begins offering 1B free COVID tests, but many more needed

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For the first time, people across the U.S. can log on to a government website and order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. “The playbook for rapid tests should look exactly like the playbook for vaccines,” said Zoe McLaren, a health economist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. While private companies are now producing more than 250 million at-home …

US Begins Offering Free Covid-19 Test Kits, but Doubts Persist
2 years, 11 months ago

US Begins Offering Free Covid-19 Test Kits, but Doubts Persist

News 18  

For the first time, all Americans can log on to a government website and order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. While private companies are now producing more than 250 million at-home tests per month, that is still not enough to allow most Americans to frequently test themselves. The U.S. would need 2.3 billion tests per month for all teens and adults …

How to get free at-home Covid tests from the government through covidtests.gov
2 years, 11 months ago

How to get free at-home Covid tests from the government through covidtests.gov

CNN  

CNN — Americans can now sign up to get free home Covid-19 tests from the federal government. Here’s what you need to know about getting free home tests from the federal government: How do I order the tests? In addition to getting messages that tests were already ordered for their address, some consumers are being told that their home addresses …

Covidtests.gov is off to a strong start but big hurdle awaits
2 years, 11 months ago

Covidtests.gov is off to a strong start but big hurdle awaits

CNN  

Editor’s Note: David M. Perry is a journalist and historian and co-author of “The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe.” He is a senior academic adviser in the history department of the University of Minnesota. CNN — The Tuesday news that the Biden administration’s free rapid Covid-19 test site had gone online a day early, part of a …

US launches website to provide free at-home COVID tests
2 years, 11 months ago

US launches website to provide free at-home COVID tests

Al Jazeera  

With a new website, launched one day ahead of the official date, Americans can order up to four free test kits per household. People in the United States can now order free COVID-19 test kits online, as the White House moves to boost testing capacity amid a surge in coronavirus infections linked to the Omicron variant. The programme initially will …

5 things to know about ordering free COVID tests
2 years, 11 months ago

5 things to know about ordering free COVID tests

LA Times  

The federal government has created a website to order at-home COVID-19 tests. Here’s what you need to know about ordering at-home COVID-19 tests through the federal government’s website: 1. Think a few weeks down the road President Biden announced last month that his administration will push to deliver 500 million at-home tests amid criticism over his pandemic response and strained …

The Postal Service is now taking orders for free COVID-19 test kits
2 years, 11 months ago

The Postal Service is now taking orders for free COVID-19 test kits

NPR  

The Postal Service is now taking orders for free COVID-19 test kits Enlarge this image toggle caption Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography/Getty Images Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography/Getty Images The U.S. Postal Service has begun taking orders for free at-home coronavirus test kits. Each household order will contain four rapid tests, which the Postal Service says will be shipped for …

More free rapid COVID tests are coming. Here’s what we know so far
2 years, 11 months ago

More free rapid COVID tests are coming. Here’s what we know so far

LA Times  

Abbott Laboratories’ BinaxNOW is one of at least 14 at-home antigen COVID-19 tests authorized for over-the-counter sale by the Food and Drug Administration. The Biden administration announced Monday that insurers will be required to cover the cost of rapid home COVID tests for their customers, starting Saturday. People with insurance can also order free test kits from COVIDTests.gov, the administration …

Biden announces new measures to combat Omicron threat
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden announces new measures to combat Omicron threat

Al Jazeera  

US Joe Biden President said that teams of military medical personnel would be dispatched to help six states hard-hit by COVID. United States President Joe Biden announced the doubling of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests and the deployment of medical personnel to six hard-hit states as the nation confronts a surge in Omicron variant cases. Biden also announced that starting next …

Google offers staff pricey fast Covid tests while contract workers have to wait
2 years, 11 months ago

Google offers staff pricey fast Covid tests while contract workers have to wait

Live Mint  

Google offers its full-time employees working from home a supply of high-end instant Covid-19 tests. The Alphabet Inc. company allows U.S. full-time employees and their dependents to request Covid-19 tests from Cue Health Inc., which provide results at home within a few minutes, according to a document reviewed by Bloomberg. Contract workers who must report in-person to Google’s offices receive …

Biden pledges more US school COVID tests in bid to avoid closures
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden pledges more US school COVID tests in bid to avoid closures

Al Jazeera  

The initiative comes as the White House faces mounting criticism over long lines and supply shortages for testing. The White House on Wednesday said it would make available five million lab-based PCR tests and five million rapid tests monthly starting in January to ease supply shortages and to help schools safely reopen following the holiday break. In a news release …

The White House will distribute 10 million more COVID tests per month to schools
2 years, 11 months ago

The White House will distribute 10 million more COVID tests per month to schools

NPR  

The White House will distribute 10 million more COVID tests per month to schools Enlarge this image toggle caption Jon Cherry/Getty Images Jon Cherry/Getty Images With schools all over the country struggling to deal with a surge of coronavirus cases from the omicron variant, the White House on Wednesday announced it is increasing the supply of COVID-19 tests for schools …

Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
2 years, 11 months ago

Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. “By requiring private health plans to cover people’s at-home tests, we are further expanding Americans’ ability to get tests for free when they need them.” Biden announced the federal requirement late last year, and it …

Biden vowed to fix testing. But he didn’t plan for Omicron.
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden vowed to fix testing. But he didn’t plan for Omicron.

CNN  

CNN — As President Joe Biden was spending his holidays with family at the White House and in Delaware, he was frustrated to see images on television of Americans waiting in long lines for Covid-19 tests. By December, it was evident Biden was falling short of the promise he had made as a candidate that “anyone who wants a test …

L.A. County launches COVID-19 testing program where residents can pick up kits
2 years, 11 months ago

L.A. County launches COVID-19 testing program where residents can pick up kits

LA Times  

People wait in line for a COVID-19 test at a walk-up site at El Sereno Middle School on Jan. 4. On the heels of another record-breaking day of reported coronavirus infections, Los Angeles County health officials on Monday launched a new testing program for residents unable to make highly sought-after appointments. The latest initiative — dubbed the “Pick-Up Testing Program” …

Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday
2 years, 11 months ago

Home COVID tests to be covered by insurers starting Saturday

LA Times  

A worker picks up two at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out during a distribution event in Youngstown, Ohio, on Dec. 30. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. “By requiring private health plans to cover people’s at-home tests, we are further expanding …

How to get insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests, according to the White House
2 years, 11 months ago

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

NPR  

How to get insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests, according to the White House Enlarge this image toggle caption David Dermer/AP David Dermer/AP Starting Wednesday, Americans will be able to order free COVID-19 tests online from the Biden administration, in a plan outlined last week. Insurance companies and health plans are now required to cover eight free over-the-counter at-home …

EXPLAINER: Where are the COVID-19 tests that Biden promised?
2 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: Where are the COVID-19 tests that Biden promised?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced last month that the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free to people to use at home. The federal government is expected to get delivery of the first batch of tests “over the next week or so,” according to White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients. “We’re …

Why are rapid tests for COVID-19 in such short supply?
2 years, 11 months ago

Why are rapid tests for COVID-19 in such short supply?

LA Times  

Boxes of BinaxNow home COVID-19 tests made by Abbott are shown for sale in November at a CVS store in Lakewood, Wash. Is that tickle in your nose COVID-19, or just a cold? Abbott Laboratories, which makes the BinaxNOW rapid antigen test, expects to produce 70 million tests this month and is working to raise that to 100 million, said …

Biden administration signs first contract for free rapid Covid-19 test distribution
2 years, 11 months ago

Biden administration signs first contract for free rapid Covid-19 test distribution

CNN  

CNN — The Biden administration has signed its first contracts with a Covid-19 test manufacturer as part of President Joe Biden’s efforts to distribute half a billion free rapid tests throughout the country, a White House official confirms to CNN. The Department of Defense awarded a $51 million contract to Goldbelt Security, LLC, “for delivery of over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits.” …

Free rapid antigen tests announced for concession card holders, national cabinet agrees positive RAT results no longer require PCR test
2 years, 11 months ago

Free rapid antigen tests announced for concession card holders, national cabinet agrees positive RAT results no longer require PCR test

ABC  

COVID testing requirements have been slashed by national cabinet in an effort to ease pressure on the strained testing regime. Key points: Up to 10 free rapid antigen tests will be made available for concession card holders over the next three months Up to 10 free rapid antigen tests will be made available for concession card holders over the next …

Newsom promised 6 million COVID tests for students. Only half have arrived
2 years, 11 months ago

Newsom promised 6 million COVID tests for students. Only half have arrived

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom promised that schools would receive at-home COVID-19 tests in time for students to safely return to campuses after winter break, as health officials warned of a surge in cases over the holidays due in part to the Omicron variant. “It feels as if they have had no foresight, even though scientists were ringing the alarm about Omicron many …

Covid-19 cases surge around world, raising testing and quarantine fears
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19 cases surge around world, raising testing and quarantine fears

Live Mint  

Daily Covid-19 infections have hit record highs in the United States, swathes of Europe and Australia as the new Omicron variant of the virus races out of control, keeping workers at home and overwhelming testing centres. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his country needed "a gear change" to manage overburdened laboratories, with long walk-in and drive-in queues reported in …

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