SAN FRANCISCO -- There has been a lot of talk about testing for the coronavirus, but you may not entirely understand what the different tests are for. The coronavirus makes some people sick, some ...

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized emergency use of the first antigen coronavirus test, which produces results within minutes and is relatively cheap to make, according to the agency. The ...

In a study involving nearly 1,000 patients seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) during a five-month period in 2022 - researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of ...

The WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) continues to closely monitor the genetic and antigenic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants, immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 ...

2025 update: This federal program has ended and free tests are not current available from the government website. Federal health officials have justified the millions they have spent on device ...

The Food and Drug Administration is making it easier for people to simultaneously test themselves for COVID-19 and the flu at home. The agency this week authorized the Healgen Scientific's Rapid Check ...

The CLINITEST Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test has received FDA EUA for unsupervised self-testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus by individuals age 14 and older (or adult-collected samples from individuals ...

The rise comes as the CDC is preparing to end its program providing free COVID-19 vaccines to people without insurance. A COVID-19 antigen home test indicating a positive result are photographed in ...

The potential for IgM cross-reactivity with rheumatoid factor–positive serum samples was observed in blood tests used to detect IgM SARS-CoV-2 by means of gold immunochromatographic and enzyme-linked ...

Unlike Covid-19, hantavirus cannot be detected using rapid antigen kits. Doctors explain why diagnosis depends on specialised ...