STAT+: The Theranos scandal cast a pall over self-testing. The pandemic is giving the industry another shot
This could have been Elizabeth Holmes’ moment.
When the then-19-year-old founded Theranos in 2003, she promised to put patients in control of their own health. Her Edison machine would allow anyone to go to the pharmacy, order a cheap diagnostic test, and walk out knowing answers were on the way — no doctor’s note required.
