The ride-share service has teamed up with empowerDX, an at-home health testing company baed in Framingham, Massachusetts. Customers in cities including Austin, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Seattle and Tampa can order the empowerDX kit directly from the website without a prescription. By comparison, tests run by the Quest Diagnostics lab need 1,800 NDU/mL and tests run by Everlywell, another at-home testing company, need 5,400 NDU/mL. Uber and empowerDX plan to expand test kit delivery to many more cities in the coming weeks, but it is unclear where. In February, Uber partnered with Walgreens to offer free rides to vaccination clinics in cities such as Atlanta, Chicago and Houston.

Source: The Nation April 26, 2021 21:00 UTC