FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization For First-Ever At-Home Coronavirus Test
POLITICO: FDA authorizes first at-home coronavirus test
“The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first prescription at-home coronavirus test, in a long-awaited milestone. The test, developed by Lucira Health, can be used by people who are at least 14 years old when their health provider suspects they have Covid-19, the FDA said late Tuesday. The test can be used on younger people, but in that case a health care provider must collect the sample…” (Lim, 11/17).
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