coronavirus tests

The federal government is offering four COVID testing kits. Experts say it's a move that highlights expectations of another busy respiratory infection season.

People can go to COVIDTests.gov and get four free tests per household. The Biden administration says it is trying to prepare for the fall and winter COVID season.

The at-home nasal swab kit simultaneously tests for COVID-19 and two strains of the flu.

People are gathering indoors for the holidays, and there's been an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The federal government says you should test often to try to prevent the spread of the virus.

The Postal Service says it’s already delivered more than 270 million kits as part of the Biden administration’s plan to make testing universal.

Officials say fewer than 100,000 orders a day are coming in for the packages of four free rapid tests per household. The White House is sensitive to criticism that plan may have come too late.

Inquiries lead from one federal office to the next, with no clear answers. At one Army Contracting Command, a protocol office employee says that “voicemail has been down for months.”

The Biden administration said that Medicare recipients will be able to get up to eight tests a month, free of charge.

For some people, getting a positive coronavirus test could mean loss of income or other life disruptions. Doctors worry about growing disincentives to test and how this could prolong the pandemic.

The Biden administration says Americans should be able to order tests online later this month. Those who are eligible can get eight free over-the-counter at-home tests a month.