Becker's Healthcare September 20, 2023
Erica Carbajal

Starting Sept. 25, Americans will again be able to order free COVID-19 tests through the federal government. The news comes amid the ninth consecutive week of COVID-19 hospital admissions increasing across the U.S.

When COVIDTests.gov — the website where households can order free at-home tests — relaunches toward the end of September, each American household will be able to order four free tests. The government first launched the site in January 2022, with a limit of one order containing four test kits per residential address.

The site has been on pause since May, when the public health emergency ended. An HHS official told CBS News the free tests that will soon be shipped to Americans had been stockpiled and will...

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