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People wait in line to be tested for COVID-19 at Union Station on January 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. A free distribution of COVID rapid test kits for those who received vaccination shots or booster shots was also held nearby in Union Station. Thirty new deaths and over 37,000 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by Los Angeles County amid the continued spread of the Omicron variant. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

COVID-19 testing fraud rampant

Anjeanette Damon - ProPublica
Residents line up at a drive-up distribution site to receive free at-home COVID-19 test kits on January 02, 2022 in Stamford, Connecticut. The Connecticut state government received some 400,000 tests over the weekend which were sent to cities and towns for local distribution. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Do at-home COVID tests work anymore?

Nicole Karlis
COVID-19 home rapid test kits are seen on a shelf at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Orlando, Florida. Walmart and Kroger are raising the price for the hard-to-find BinaxNOW rapid tests after the directive from the White House to sell them at cost has expired. Test kits that were formerly sold for $14 will now retail for $19.88 at Walmart and $23.99 at Kroger. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Where are all the at-home COVID tests?

Nicole Karlis
A passenger who just landed from New York on an Alitalia flight undergoes a rapid antigen swab test for COVID-19 on December 9, 2020 at a testing station set up at Rome's Fiumicino airport. (ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)

Could my COVID test be wrong?

Nicole Karlis
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Doing a COVID test in full PPE wear at a senior's home (Getty Images)

Consumers scramble for COVID tests again

Phil Galewitz, Rachel Bluth, Rae Ellen Bichell - KFF Health News
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