Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid (antigen) tests for COVID-19 both involve taking a swab. Results for a PCR test take longer, as it needs to go to a laboratory. It is more costly but tends to ...

Rapid COVID tests are convenient and easy to use because you can take them at home. But it's important to know how to interpret their results, when you should take another rapid test and when you ...

As the various subvariants of omicron continue to circulate in the U.S., rapid at-home tests remain an important tool for protecting yourself and others. Home tests are appealing because they allow ...

Antigen tests can identify the presence of antigens within the body, which are substances that cause immune responses, such as the release of antibodies. The immune system, and antibodies specifically ...

Two tests are apparently better than one. Starting today, anyone looking to take a rapid COVID-19 test at any of the 27 Miami-Dade County-run testing sites will have to also take a PCR test, ...

For months, people have struggled to get rapid at-home COVID-19 antigen tests. Now, those tests are coming to Amazon. On Monday, Becton Dickinson and Co. began selling its rapid Veritor COVID-19 ...

At-home rapid COVID antigen tests are playing a larger role in the fight against disease variants. Photo credit: Rose Hoban This story originally published online at NC Health News. In the coming days ...

Rapid antigen testing using a nasal swab with the BinaxNOW test was able to detect the Omicron variant at an urban community testing site, whereas other swabbing routes did not perform as well, ...

As COVID-19 case numbers have been slowly rising across the United States, Americans are turning to at-home rapid antigen tests to suss out whether they are sick from a good-old fashioned cold, the ...

As the omicron variant continues to spread across the United States, at-home COVID-19 antigen tests have become an in-demand item. During the holiday season, at-home tests became stocking stuffers.

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