What's the Deal With COVID Testing Now? Doctors Explain When to Test, How to Get Them and More

There's still a lot of confusion around the best time to take a COVID test and where to get them. Here, experts share their ...
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PCR vs. Rapid Test for COVID-19: Which Should You Take?

Two types of COVID-19 tests, the rapid antigen test and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, are available in the United States. The PCR typically relies on lab testing and is still considered ...
NBC Connecticut

You can no longer order free COVID-19 tests from the government. Here's where to go instead

You can no longer order free COVID-19 tests from the United States government. As of March 10, the government's free coronavirus test distribution program, COVIDtests.gov, is not currently accepting ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Some Bay Area families wait 7+ hours for PCR COVID testing as stores sell out of at-home tests

NEWARK, Calif. (KGO) -- Desperate attempts Sunday night to try to get PCR COVID tests as the holiday weekend wraps up, there are reports of seven-hour long lines in the East Bay city of Newark. This ...
Becker's Hospital Review

How much out-of-pocket COVID-19 PCR testing could cost, state by state

When the emergency ends, private insurers will no longer be required to cover COVID-19 testing and treatment with no cost-sharing. Most will still cover the tests but may impose cost-sharing, ...