(WXYZ) — Now that the government is offering free COVID-19 testing kits to all Americans, many may have questions about how accurate these tests are and when they ...

Two different COVID-19 tests could give you different results. And both could be right. That’s the crux of this testing confusion. It turns out they each have their own role in measuring your COVID-19 ...

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, ...

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 ...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 29: In this photo illustration a man uses a COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit at home on September 29, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Australians will be able to use rapid ...

There are three different ways to test for COVID-19: PCR tests, antigen tests and antibody tests. Each method is best for a different stage of COVID-19 infection. Used in sequence, all three methods ...

Perhaps you have been feeling sick, or maybe you’re trying to be proactive if you’re going to an event soon and you want to get a COVID-19 test. The two types of diagnostic tests right now being ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* server, a team of researchers investigated how antigen concentration and viral load in different specimen types affected the performance of severe acute ...