Quick Hits: FDA Pauses Gates’ At-Home COVID Testing Initiative

The program must receive additional authorizations in order to resume.

A few weeks ago, we reported on Bill Gates’ initiative to provide at-home COVID-19 tests to Seattle residents. According to a recent article from The Hill, the FDA has halted the testing program pending reviews. The program, known as The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN), sends test kits to both healthy and sick people in an attempt to bring the country to the level of testing necessary for states to begin reopening. 

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