Federal Government to Resume Free At-Home COVID Test Program

Published on August 24, 2024

Health and Human Services (HHS) will relaunch its free at-home COVID-19 test program at the end of September amid a rise in infection cases over the summer, according to administration officials. U.S. households will soon be able to order four free COVID-19 tests through the COVIDTests.gov website, with the tests being directly delivered to their houses, HHS officials said on Friday. The tests will help detect the currently circulating COVID variants and can be used through the end of the year, according to a government website. Dawn O’Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at HHS, said that this marked the seventh time in the past three years that the administration has made free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests available to American households....

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