Sunday, April 26, 2020

I don't understand why there has to be a doctor's order for testing? Insurance? Cost?

April 21, 2020
By Jacqueline Howard

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, (click here) a new Covid-19 test has been authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration.

The new test allows for patients to collect their own samples using Pixel by LabCorp COVID-19 Test home collection kits that they would then mail to a lab for testing, according to an FDA announcement Tuesday.

With a doctor's order, the home collection kits will become available to consumers in most states in the coming weeks, the FDA said....