covid tests

The federal government is now offering residents double the number of free COVID rapid antigen tests during its newest round of kit availability. Here’s how to get yours.

Enrollees with Part B (including Advantage Plans) can get up to eight over-the-counter tests per month for free from participating providers.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings to the public about three different at-home COVID-19 tests, saying that the testing kits have not been authorized by the FDA and that they could pose a risk of false results.

The Santa Clara County Library District will have COVID-19 tests and N95 masks available for the public starting Wednesday. Here’s a list.

Finding an at-home COVID test kit remains a challenge in the Bay Area as retailers continue to sell out quickly due to the high demand. Sergio Quintana reports.

A new federal rule requiring insurance companies to cover the cost of at-home rapid COVID-19 tests went in effect over the weekend.

Some Bay Area COVID-19 test sites that are under NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit’s microscope announced Thursday that they will temporarily close. Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura reports.

Pop-up testing sites have cropped up on street corners, in parking lots and on shopping properties across the country, but health and legal experts say many of these are unregulated and could be rife for nefarious activities like identity theft.

President Joe Biden announced last month that the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free to people to use at home

Recent wastewater analysis from a variety of sources across the country indicates an unprecedented surge in infections at a time when millions of people are forced to reconsider travel and holiday plans.

The White House will announce Wednesday an additional $1 billion purchase of rapid, at-home coronavirus tests as some public health officials worry the U.S. could get hit with another wave of infections this winter.