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email article Though the push is on to make at-home COVID-19 tests much more widely available, patients and their clinicians should be aware of downsides that could diminish their accuracy, experts from the College of American Pathologists warned at a news conference Thursday. They cautioned that in addition to being uncomfortable to administer at home and possibly not covered by insurance, such tests may produce inadequate sample material and could be damaged by improper handling, thus producing false results. It's also unclear whether any or some of the at-home tests -- particularly...

Experts say the U.S. could speed up COVID-19 testing with inexpensive rapid tests, but companies have been unable to gain FDA authorization.

By KEN ALLTUCKER | USA Today (Tribune News Service) | Published: February 19, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. Every day, a Pasadena, California-based company ships eight cargo jets loaded with COVID-19 tests to the United Kingdom. Innova Medical Group's top executive would like to use the rapid tests to slow infections closer to home. Los Angeles County hospitals overflowed with patients ami...

Experts say the U.S. could speed up COVID-19 testing with inexpensive rapid tests, but companies have been unable to gain FDA authorization.

Biden's $50 billion coronavirus testing fix calls for a new federal testing board, more supplies, rapid tests and better technology to fill gaps