Gottlieb: Take-Home COVID Tests Create New Telehealth Opportunities

By Dorothy Mills-Gregg / April 14, 2022 at 12:18 PM
FDA’s approval of take-home COVID-19 tests opens the door for other self-diagnosable tests for strep throat or the flu, a former FDA commissioner said, suggesting policymakers can reform the health care system by pairing the at-home tests with a virtual doctor’s visit and an overnight lab test to confirm the result. “If you would’ve asked me five years ago would FDA ever allow someone to self-diagnose at home for an infectious, communicable pathogen and not have to report the results,...


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