McKnight's December 7, 2023
Liza Berger

The National Institutes of Health disclosed on Wednesday that the federal government has expanded its COVID-19 Home Test to Treat program nationally. The program began as a pilot in select locations earlier this year.

Entirely virtual, the community health program offers free COVID-19 health services — at-home rapid tests, telehealth sessions and at-home treatments — to eligible participants nationwide. With its extension across the nation, the Home Test to Treat program now will offer free testing, telehealth and treatment for both COVID-19 and for flu.

It is the first public health program that includes home testing technology at such a scale for both COVID-19 and flu, NIH said. It initially will provide a test — the LUCIRA by Pfizer —...

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