at-home covid tests

As you continue to get more familiar with these tests, here’s what you need to know about storing and taking the tests to get the most accurate results possible.

The move aims to expand availability for people who may not have internet access.

Free COVID-19 tests are now available to order online through a new government website that was quietly launched Tuesday, a day earlier than originally announced, anticipating a few hiccups along the way. Covidtests.gov is the new government site created by the Biden administration to help curb the spread of the omicron variant and address demand in testing. “It’s quick....

Free at-home rapid COVID test kits were slated to be available for order through a government website starting Wednesday, but many users reported being able to place their orders late Tuesday morning.

At-home PCR and rapid COVID-19 tests will soon to be free for millions of Americans after a recent announcement by the Biden administration. Most people with private health insurance will be able to get up to eight tests per month at no cost beginning on Saturday. “It’s about time,” said Therese Green, whose family has battled COVID-19 since the...

A federal pilot program in Vermont is offering free COVID-19 rapid tests to residents, delivered right to your home.

People have been waiting in long lines to pick up at-home COVID-19 rapid tests in Massachusetts, and some places are beginning to get creative in handing them out. Locations in more than 100 of the hardest-hit towns and cities across the state are distributing a total of 2.1 million free rapid at-home COVID tests made available by Gov. Charlie Baker….

More than 30 nonprofits in Worcester, Massachusetts — including El Buen Samaritano Food Program — are handing out thousands of the free at-home COVID-19 test kits provided by the state to people who might otherwise not be able to get them in time for Christmas. “This is what’s going to stop the spread,” EBS Executive Director Mari Gonzalez said, “and…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is implementing proof of vaccination protocols. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is activating the National Guard, issuing an indoor mask advisory and ordering all hospitals to postpone nonessential elective procedures. President Joe Biden is mailing out free at-home testing kits to Americans. And the omicron variant is now the dominant strain in Massachusetts. Top Boston doctors unpack...

COVID-19 cases are rising sharply across Massachusetts. On Thursday alone, more than 5,800 were reported. The rising number of cases is especially concerning ahead of the Christmas holiday when many families will gather in big groups for possibly the first time in years. That makes testing all the more important. In Worcester, officials will start to distribute free at-home rapid…

The first free, rapid at-home COVID tests are being distributed in Massachusetts, but the communities that received them are finding they have to be strategic about handing them out — there are not enough kits for everyone. On Thursday, Revere started giving out some of the testing kits to families at a food distribution site. The city’s goal is to…

Cities and towns across Massachusetts began receiving free, rapid COVID-19 tests on Tuesday as part of Gov. Charlie Baker’s new strategy to control the spread of the virus this holiday season. Baker said the state will start distributing 2.1 million at-home rapid tests purchased from a California-based lab to 102 communities with the highest percentages of families living in poverty, representing...