COVID-19 Home Test

Object/Artifact

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Exhibit Envoy

Name/Title

COVID-19 Home Test

Entry/Object ID

FETE.110

Description

Epidemics (COVID/Flu)

Collection

Exhibit Envoy

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Various

Height

1 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Length

6-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Box size

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test, 2022 Courtesy Exhibit Envoy In November 2020, six months after California’s shelter-in-place began, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the first at-home, diagnostic test for COVID-19. In early 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration purchased one billion at-home tests to distribute to Americans for free.