The winter season is expected to bring a resurgence of the virus. Ahead of the approaching holidays and a potential rise in cases this winter, the government is once again allowing households to order ...

In preparation for the fall respiratory virus season, every household in the U.S. can now order another round of at-home COVID tests kits from the government. As of this week, you can go to COVIDTests ...

The third holiday season since the pandemic started is underway, and more than 400 people are still dying of Covid every day, on average, according to NBC News' tally. Average daily cases have risen ...

Americans can no longer order free at-home COVID-19 tests from the government through COVIDtests.gov. The suspension of the program, which has distributed over 1.8 billion COVID tests across the ...

With the omicron variant sweeping across the U.S., many people are relying on testing to determine whether that sore throat is COVID-19 or that exposure at work led to an active infection. Until ...

The federal government may destroy its remaining supply of COVID-19 tests. The US government has been helping people detect COVID-19 at home for several years with free COVID test kits delivered by ...

Update: This program has ended and free tests are not current available from the government website. The Biden administration has resumed taking orders for free at-home COVID-19 tests as of Sept. 25.

On Tuesday, the White House officially launched a website to have rapid at-home COVID tests shipped to your home for free. The Biden administration announced the plan to start providing free at-home ...

The US government has been helping people detect COVID-19 at home for several years with free COVID test kits delivered by the US Postal Service. On Sunday, March 9, the Department of Health and Human ...

You can't place orders for at-home COVID testing kits anymore, but there are still resources available for free testing. Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...