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 ...

FDA-authorized test for home use is the most affordable PCR-quality rapid test on the market and at least 50 times more sensitive than leading rapid antigen tests Detect’s FDA authorized PCR-quality ...

Boxes of iHealth COVID-19 antigen rapid test are distributed in January in Redondo Beach. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) At-home coronavirus screening has become a way of life for many ...

A new rapid testing site opened in San Diego County on Monday to determine if residents have the novel coronavirus or are possibly immune to the virus. The COVID Clinic, which was started by Orange ...

As SARS-CoV-2 continues to evolve, knowing your immunity status—both from vaccines and from infections—will become increasingly important. COVID-19 antibodies are the best proxy for disease immunity.

Since the start of the pandemic, the FDA has issued emergency use authorizations to a whopping 444 diagnostic tests and sample collection devices to detect the COVID-19 virus. In recent months, ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden plans to announce on Tuesday that his administration will distribute 500 million free at-home rapid tests to Americans beginning in January to combat the surging ...

Rapid home respiratory virus tests that check for COVID-19, the flu, and RSV are already available outside the United States. Currently, these combination tests are not approved for use in America.

If you've accumulated a stockpile of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests over the course of the pandemic — including a handful of free products delivered by the government to your home — you may be surprised ...

At-home coronavirus screening has become a way of life for many Californians, but some medical experts are now cautioning that one test may not be enough to definitively determine whether someone is ...