This Fast, Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Test Could Be the Big One
‘Landmark’
At-home and other self-administered coronavirus tests aren’t new, but a fast one that doesn’t require a doctor is a massive development, experts said.
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This is what we’ve been waiting for.
Well, sort of.
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued an emergency use authorization for the first over-the-counter, fully at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19, a rapid antigen test developed by digital diagnostics company Ellume, which can be used without a prescription.
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