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The FDA doesn’t recommend using expired COVID at-home tests that do not have an expiration date extension. “COVID-19 tests and the parts they are made of may degrade, or break down, over time.
Some households that ordered the COVID-19 antigen tests have expressed concern about receiving kits nearing their expiration date. The test kits are part of the COVID-19 test-distribution program ...
The at-home tests typically provide results within 30 minutes or less and can be administered to vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Many COVID-19 tests now have extended expiration dates.
For example, a “BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Self Test” from lot number 181922 has a new expiration date of Oct. 11. That’s more than a year after its printed date of Sept. 11, 2022, extending the ...
The FDA has a list online of authorized home COVID-19 tests, along with links to “updated expiration dates” so you can check to see if your test’s expiration date has been extended.
The shelf life for many at-home rapid tests for COVID-19 has been extended, so your test might be OK to use beyond the printed expiration date.
Here are five ways to snag free at-home COVID-19 tests. Don’t throw away your expired tests just yet. Private insurance, Medicare and Medicaid are still required to cover at-home COVID tests.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced in a press release on Sept. 20, 2023, that its free at-home COVID testing program will return. How can I order free COVID tests in 2023?