Dr. Céline Gounder, an internist, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, is a CBS News medical contributor as well as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News.

The federal government may destroy its remaining supply of COVID-19 tests. The US government has been helping people detect COVID-19 at home for several years with free COVID test kits delivered by ...

People in the United States can now order more free Covid-19 tests from the federal government as the country heads into respiratory virus season with high levels of the coronavirus already ...

2025 update: This federal program has ended and free tests are not current available from the government website. Federal health officials have justified the millions they have spent on device ...

Coronavirus infections have come roaring back this year, prompting the Biden administration to renew one of its earliest responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: Free at-home test kits delivered via the ...

The free COVID-19 tests the federal government recently rolled out will expire soon, but there is an explanation for that. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ free COVID-19 test distribution program has allowed millions of households to get tests, delivered by mail, for the past several years.

WASHINGTON — Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, mailed straight to their homes. The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order ...

The winter season is expected to bring a resurgence of the virus. Ahead of the approaching holidays and a potential rise in cases this winter, the government is once again allowing households to order ...

Free COVID-19 tests are still available by mail, but the U.S. Postal Service says orders will be suspended after Friday. Since Nov. 20, residents have been eligible to receive up to two orders of four ...