"Free At-Home Covid Tests Return: How to Get Yours"

The Biden administration will resume taking orders for free at-home COVID-19 tests starting September 25, with each household eligible to request four tests through the government's COVIDTests.gov portal. The tests will be shipped through the U.S. Postal Service and are not directly affected by a potential government shutdown. The tests being offered are antigen tests, which are cheaper and easier to use but have a higher chance of yielding false negative results. The government is also providing funding to boost domestic manufacturing of COVID-19 tests, with $600 million awarded to a dozen manufacturers to produce an additional 200 million tests.