How to order free rapid COVID tests from the US government [Update: as of Friday, you can’t]

[NOTE: As of Friday, September 2nd, 2022, the program offering free home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests has been suspended due, according to the website, to a lack of funding from Congress. In other words, we're on our own.]

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With the rise of the Omicron variant, we've been urged to use COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to make sure that we don't spread the virus to friends and family. However, it's been very difficult to follow that suggestion, what with long lines at COVID testing stations and high prices for home kits - when you can find them.

To try to alleviate this situation, the US federal government has created a website where you can order four free rapid test kits per month per household. While the site was...

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