Rapid at-home Covid-19 tests are hard to come by right now — and expensive. ProPublica’s Lydia DePillis explains what’s behind the shortages, what the U.S. can learn from Europe’s testing strategy, and what the federal government is doing to get more tests on shelves.

Read Lydia’s article: https://www.propublica.org/article/heres-why-rapid-covid-tests-are-so-expensive-and-hard-to-find

Today’s episode was produced by Taylor Maycan, engineered by Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions), and hosted by Adam Clark Estes.

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