The FDA just issued an emergency authorization for an at-home rapid COVID-19 test. People can do it themselves without a prescription. Results come in 20 minutes. The tests are expected to cost around $30.
FDA approves first at-home COVID test: About $30 each, no prescription
A person uses Ellume's first over-the-counter coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antigen test, which can be used at home, in this undated handout image. Photo by Ellume/Handout via REUTERS.
Credits
Guest:
Susan Butler-Wu - clinical microbiologist and professor at USC’s Keck School of Medicine
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Sarah Sweeney,
Angie Perrin,
Michell Eloy,
Amy Ta,
Rosalie Atkinson,
Brian Hardzinski,
Bennett Purser