In the scurry to track, isolate and otherwise beat back the global coronavirus pandemic, testing people for traces of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a high priority. But a different ...

COVID-19 and its latest Omicron strains continue to cause infections across the country as well as globally. Serology (blood) and molecular tests are the two most commonly used methods for rapid COVID ...

Such a treatment also may help determine how many people were exposed. With a limited supply of COVID-19 tests in the United States, people with mild symptoms are less likely to be tested, leaving ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it had issued an emergency use authorization for a serology test for Wuhan coronavirus, the first such test approved by the agency. A serology ...

After that, "most people recommend wearing a mask or having some sort of protective isolation for about five to seven days," ...

In the rush to get at-home tests on the market, they were released with short shelf lives on their packaging. But some have ...

The company claimed it would distribute the first coronavirus antibody test authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration. It promised to detect current and past infections in as little as two ...

Before COVID-19, figuring out whether a sore throat, fever, and runny nose were caused by a cold, flu, or strep wasn’t a top priority. You either powered through, knowing you’d be miserable for a few ...

With cases of COVID-19 on the rise again this winter thanks in part to the new JN.1 variant of the virus, now is probably a good time to take stock of the tests you may have at home. According to data ...

As the holiday season kicks off United States, so does another, less enjoyable winter tradition: respiratory virus season. Although COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been trending downward in ...

A new study shows machine-learning models trained using simple symptoms, demographic features are effective in predicting COVID-19 infections. COVID-19 and its latest Omicron strains continue to cause ...