What parents need to know about COVID, flu vaccines 02:45. The Food and Drug Administration is making it easier for people to simultaneously test themselves for COVID-19 and the flu at home.

The Food and Drug Administration has granted authorization of a COVID-19 and flu test that can be used without a prescription.. The authorization, announced Monday, uses a nasal swab to detect the ...

Who can use the COVID-19 and flu test? The nasal swab test can be used independently by anyone who is 14 years or older and with adult supervision for those 2 years and older, the FDA said.

The FDA has authorized the first over-the-counter home test that can detect both influenza A and B as well as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

The test was developed by Lucira Health, a California-based company that was also the first to receive FDA approval for at-home rapid COVID tests back in 2020. Sponsor Message Shots - Health News ...

The over-the-counter at-home diagnostic test can differentiate and detect the flu and COVID-19, giving consumers an easy way to get a quick diagnosis for a runny nose.

The test, called the Healgen Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test, screens for Influenza A and B viruses, which cause flu each season, as well as the virus that causes COVID-19.

The authorization allows individuals to purchase the test over the counter without a prescription. The home test, which checks for the flu and the COVID-19 virus, uses a swab to collect a sample ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA just approved a new at-home test that can tell you if you have COVID-19 or the flu. You can buy it without a prescription at a store.

According to the EUA, it correctly correctly identified 99.3% of negative and 90.1% of positive flu A samples; 99.9% of negative flu B samples; and 100% of negative and 88.3% of positive COVID-19 ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first over-the-counter at-home test for both COVID-19 and the flu on Friday. The FDA said in a release that the test can differentiate between ...

On Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted marketing authorization to Healgen for their Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test.