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FDA authorized first over-the-counter COVID-19 test – useful but not a game changer

  • Written by Zoë McLaren, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
FDA authorized first over-the-counter COVID-19 test – useful but not a game changerThe new rapid test is available without a prescription, but only 20 million are set to be sold by the middle of next year. Ellume/AP

Soon, people in the U.S. will be able to pick up a rapid antigen test for COVID-19 from their local drugstore without a prescription, test themselves and process the results at home.

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