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 ...

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 ...

Thea van de Mortel teaches into the Master of Infection Prevention and Control program at Griffith University. A new type of COVID test is set to be available from November for Australians to use at ...

In a study involving nearly 1,000 patients seen at a Baltimore field hospital during a five-month period in 2022, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its fourth year, a negative result on a little plastic at-home test feels a bit less comforting than it once did. Still, you dutifully swab your nostrils before dinner ...

The holidays are well underway and people are looking forward to or already enjoying time with friends and family, some of whom have likely traveled a distance to attend the festivities (and brought ...

There are currently two options for at-home flu testing. Here's what you need to know. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) Many Americans have become accustomed to swabbing their ...

COVID cases are starting to creep up again in the U.S., and it’s understandable to have new questions about the virus and the newest CDC guidance on isolation after a positive test. After all, it’s ...