A PCR test detects the actual genetic material of the virus and involves a step that amplifies the presence of any material ...

The FDA has extended the shelf life for some COVID-19 tests. Now that allergy season is here, many are finding themselves with symptoms asking: Is it allergies or a cold? COVID? Something else? Since ...

Is your at-home COVID test expired? Don’t throw it out. First, check to see if the expiration date got an extension by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. If it did, that means the test can still ...

At-Home COVID-19 Test kits are displayed at a drug store in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Nam Y. Huh, Copyright 2024 The ...

At present, the FDA lists over forty emergency-use approved at-home COVID tests on its website from over thirty different brands. Some tests are rapid at-home antigen tests that give results in as ...

The U.S. government is mailing out another round of free COVID tests to households that sign up. Older COVID tests still may be in your cupboard and OK to use, but you must verify the test’s ...

Here’s what you need to know about when to take a test for accurate results, and how to get kits for free. By Knvul Sheikh and Dani Blum While Covid has become a regular part of respiratory virus ...

As the nation experiences what many experts believe is the second-largest wave of COVID infections since the pandemic started, many Americans will be checking to make sure they don’t have the ...

Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, sent straight to their homes.The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to four ...

Within the next week, Americans will be able to order another round of free COVID tests kits through the website ...

Ordering for free, at-home COVID test kits opened through the United States Postal Service Thursday, weeks after an announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that ordering ...