The Omicron BA.2 sub-type continues to attract attention as it spreads in various parts of the world including the U.S. In several news reports and even by some healthcare experts, BA.2 has sometimes ...

PCR-based diagnostic tests are becoming increasingly common in clinical settings because they are much more sensitive and accurate than older tests, and provide results within hours, not days. Yet a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- With home COVID testing kits about to arrive en masse from the federal government, there's sometimes confusion about what the test results mean. Dr. Haresh Sawlani at Central Primary ...

New guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) withdrawing their request for Emergency Use Authorization for a coronavirus test introduced in February 2020 do not mean ...

The point-of-care tests are a fast and cheap, though less accurate, way of detecting the virus compared to sending nasal swabs to a lab. The rapid type of coronavirus test that Gov. Mike DeWine took ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matt Binnicker is the CSO for Mayo Collaborative Services. Dr. Matt Binnicker, an expert in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, ...

New COVID-19 restrictions for international travel and other activities are fueling consumer demand for highly accurate polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests with rapid turnaround times. Some ...

With Covid on the rise once again, you may find yourself reaching for an at-home test for the first time in months. Covid activity is picking up, with hospitalizations increasing in recent weeks, ...

For Rachel Robles, getting diagnosed with Long COVID was an uphill battle. She caught the virus in March 2020, when nearly nothing was known about its long-term effects and testing was inaccessible ...

For instance, if you only get a very faint line, it might be hard to know whether or not that means your results are positive. I know how that feels firsthand. After more than two years of evading ...