{"id":7841,"date":"2024-10-08T18:51:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T23:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=7841"},"modified":"2024-10-08T18:51:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T23:51:46","slug":"fda-authorizes-1st-over-the-counter-combo-flu-and-covid-test-outside-of-emergency-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/10\/08\/fda-authorizes-1st-over-the-counter-combo-flu-and-covid-test-outside-of-emergency-use\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA authorizes 1st over-the-counter combo flu and COVID test outside of emergency use"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/fda-authorizes-1st-counter-combo-flu-covid-test\/story?id=114591002\">ABC News<\/a> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/americans-order-4-free-home-covid-tests-federal\/story?id=114179632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over-the-counter<\/a>&nbsp;combination COVID-19 and flu test outside of emergency use on Monday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means the Healgen Rapid Check COVID-19\/Flu A&amp;B Antigen Test is available without a prescription. The FDA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-authorizes-marketing-first-home-flu-and-covid-19-combination-test-outside-emergency-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;the test is for those who are experiencing respiratory symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are other over-the-counter combination tests currently available, this is the first to be marketed to consumers using the traditional approval pathway outside of a public health emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new combination test uses a nasal swab sample to deliver at-home results for COVID-19 and influenza in approximately 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/fda-authorizes-1st-counter-combo-flu-covid-test\/story?id=114591002\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first&nbsp;over-the-counter&nbsp;combination COVID-19 and flu test outside of emergency use on Monday evening. This means the Healgen Rapid Check COVID-19\/Flu A&amp;B Antigen Test is available without a prescription. The FDA&nbsp;said&nbsp;the test is for those who are experiencing respiratory symptoms. While there are other over-the-counter combination tests [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7842,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7841\/revisions\/7842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}