--- description: Find out why Jixun Lin is on the TIME100 Health 2026 list. title: TIME100 Health: Jixun Lin image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72ecf813377c4af2/6998ce461500fbc397aa710b/T100-Health-2026-Lin.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Feb 11, 2026 # Jixun Lin At-home virus testing by [Charlotte Hu](/author/charlotte-hu/) ## Charlotte Hu Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Associate Editor  Courtesy of Jixun Lin Acon Laboratories, founded by Jixun Lin, makes the Flowflex at-home COVID-19 tests that took off during the pandemic after receiving U.S. FDA authorization for emergency use in 2021 and clearance for over-the-counter sale in 2023\. (The tests are also available across the EU, U.K., Singapore, Canada, and Australia.) In Oct. 2025, the FDA cleared the company’s 4-in-1 home test—the first home test that can detect protein antigens for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza A, influenza B, and SARS-CoV-2 with greater than 90% accuracy, building on its previous 3-in-1 home test for COVID and flu. The new test includes a special pediatric swab guard for children 6 months to 2 years old, for whom RSV is especially dangerous. It’s currently available at CVS, Walgreens, and Albertsons, plus via delivery services like Instacart; the company is ramping up manufacturing at its San Diego factory to meet demand. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-health-2026/7362468/jixun-lin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-health-2026/7362468/jixun-lin/"},"headline":"Jixun Lin","datePublished":"2026-02-11T13:01:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T01:06:23.261Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-health-2026/7362468/jixun-lin/","keywords":["TIME100 Health 2026","list","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72ecf813377c4af2/6998ce461500fbc397aa710b/T100-Health-2026-Lin.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Hu","jobTitle":"Associate Editor","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-hu/"}],"creator":"Charlotte Hu","articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72ecf813377c4af2/6998ce461500fbc397aa710b/T100-Health-2026-Lin.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-health-2026/","name":"TIME100 Health 2026"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-health-2026/7362468/jixun-lin/","name":"Jixun Lin"}}]}] ```