Advisory Board October 7, 2024
With COVID-19 rates continuing to surge across the United States, HHS recently announced its seventh round of free, at-home tests available for delivery.
And while at-home tests often offer convenience compared to PCR tests — which involve a trip to a doctor’s office or clinic — questions remain as to whether they can detect the latest COVID-19 mutations as accurately.
The future of the at-home testing market: 2 drivers and 2 obstacles
At-home COVID-19 tests’ efficacy
FDA consistently monitors the efficacies of its currently approved tests and, as of Aug. 3, 2023, hasn’t listed any as having “reduced performance” for the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant and subvariants.
NIH has also found that, after analyzing more than 100 rapid antigen test kits...
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