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Rapid at-home testing gets $1 billion expansion from White House

Surging demand for COVID-19 tests in the U.S. has exacerbated a nationwide shortage of rapid at-home tests.

The high demand has led the Biden administration to invest $1 billion to help expand the use of at-home testing.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Mara Aspinall, a professor at Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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