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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.
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The omicron variant upended a system in which states shared rapid tests with those that needed them more. Cooperation has turned into competition as states run out of supplies, limit which organizations get them or hold on to expired kits as a last resort.
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People typically don't report positive results from at-home tests to health officials, so Florida's case totals are likely higher than reported.
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The laws governing Medicare don't provide coverage for self-administered diagnostic tests, including rapid antigen tests. Here's how older adults can get free tests anyway.
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Recent research and anecdotes suggest some people are testing negative on rapid tests even after they have symptoms, then later testing positive. Here's what researchers think is going on.
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The phone number — 1-800-232-0233 — follows the launch earlier this week of a federal website to order the tests.
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Two rapid-testing initiatives the Biden administration released in the past week are inaccessible to some residents of multifamily housing, people who don’t speak English well, or those without internet access.
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The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office accuses the Center for COVID Control of misleading and overcharging customers.
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The website includes a link for “every home” to order four tests that will be delivered by "late January." The White House says it will prioritize shipments to ZIP codes with high rates of cases and deaths,
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People are paying hundreds of dollars for COVID testing because at-home antigen kits and free appointments that offer timely results are scarce.