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 ...

As more cases of the variant continue to be confirmed, some people on social media have questioned how tests can detect a new variant. Others have asked if a new test was developed to detect omicron.

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 ...

The claim: PCR creator Kary Mullis said the tests can detect 'anything in anybody' and can't tell you if you're sick Biochemist and PCR test creator Kary Mullis died in 2019, months before the ...

As the Omicron variant continues to spread wildly, millions of people are worried they have been exposed—and are desperate to find out if they are infected. But in many areas, at-home rapid antigen ...

If you had COVID-19 symptoms in 2020, you probably would have masked up and braved a visit to a laboratory, doctor’s office, or clinic to get a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. A health care ...