Two types of COVID-19 tests, the rapid antigen test and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, are available in the United States. The PCR typically relies on lab testing and is still considered ...

Taking a COVID-19 test at home seems simple enough: If you get a line, you're positive for the coronavirus. But what if your ...

COVID-19 rapid tests are easy to take—and then toss. So most people never report their results, which leaves health officials with an incomplete picture of how much virus is circulating and where. The ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- As hospitals in California prepare for a potential surge in COVID-19 patients, one doctor is among the first in the nation to begin using a rapid blood test to detect the virus. Dr.

As Covid cases rise, at-home tests are a critical tool to keep yourself and others safe. Here are answers to a few common questions about when and how to use them. By Dani Blum Since the public health ...

The FDA has extended the shelf life for some COVID-19 tests. Now that allergy season is here, many are finding themselves with symptoms asking: Is it allergies or a cold? COVID? Something else? Since ...

COVID-19 may have faded from public attention, but that doesn’t mean the virus has disappeared. A new variant, JN.1, is pushing cases and hospitalizations back up, and people are looking for ways to ...

With cases of COVID-19 on the rise again this winter thanks in part to the new JN.1 variant of the virus, now is probably a good time to take stock of the tests you may have at home. According to data ...

If you stocked up on at-home Covid-19 rapid antigen testing kits during one of the Omicron-variant surges, you could be in for a surprise when you bust them out for a pre-holiday test: an expiration ...

Nothing puts a damper on your holiday plans like a positive COVID-19 test. But what if that line is super faint? Do you still have COVID-19 —or can you go ahead and attend your office party like you ...