At-home

Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal government will restart its free at-home COVID tests program in September as officials prepare the country for the upcoming respiratory virus season. Dawn O’Connell, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the Department of Health and Human Services, said Friday that this is the seventh […]

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eligible adults can now receive free at-home rapid tests, telehealth sessions and at-home treatments for both COVID and influenza through a newly expanded federal government program. Initially launched as a pilot program in select areas, the Home Test to Treat program from the National Institutes of Health is now […]

Tim Sheehan/The Fresno Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration this week relaunched the website where Americans can once again order free at-home COVID tests. The website had been shut down since June but came back online just as updated COVID vaccines rolled out across the country. Here’s how to order the […]

BojanMirkovic/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At-home stool tests can be an easier way to screen for colorectal cancer than a dreaded colonoscopy. As the rates of the cancer continue to rise in younger people, home tests might help improve detection and get people treated sooner. March marks the beginning of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal […]

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the country faces a rise in COVID, flu and RSV, there is a testing kit that the FDA authorized in May that is one swab for all three viruses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there have been at least 15 million reported flu-like illnesses, […]