Last week, I was about to go on a date, and because I'm severely immunocompromised, we agreed he would take a COVID test ...

The government is offering another round of free at-home COVID tests to Americans in time for the holiday season. As flu and RSV season kick into full swing, precautions meant to keep families healthy ...

Approximately 11 million American households have ordered their new round of free COVID-19 test kits, the White House says, over the first week since the Biden administration reopened requests. The ...

According to Dr Neel Patel from LloydsPharmacy Online Doctor, telling one apart form the other may be key as the cooler ...

There are three different ways to test for COVID-19: PCR tests, antigen tests and antibody tests. Each method is best for a different stage of COVID-19 infection. Used in sequence, all three methods ...

Both COVID cases and hospitalizations have climbed in recent weeks, leading to heightened concerns ahead of the usual cold and flu season. But this time around, the director of the Center's for ...

A false positive result is possible with a rapid COVID-19 test. It happens when a person does not have COVID-19 but still tests positive for the disease. People can use a rapid COVID-19 test at home ...

A study led by Osaka University recently found that the sensitivity of rapid antigen tests (RATs) for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 when compared with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests was 0.63 ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits for COVID-19 use what’s known as gene cloning – not reproductive cloning – to detect the presence or absence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but social media posts ...