According to the CDC, COVID-19 self-tests — also known as at-home tests or over-the-counter (OTC) tests — are one of many risk-reduction measures, along with vaccination, masking and physical ...

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, ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just issued its first emergency use authorization for an at-home test that can tell users if they have either the flu, COVID-19, or both. The decision on ...

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With COVID-19 cases on the rise again in the U.S., Americans are reviving a familiar precautionary measure: Screening for the virus using rapid at-home tests. Many people still have kits the ...

Rapid antigen tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are effective tools for the diagnosis of acute infection, particularly when used serially. 1 The percentage of ...

This FDA EUA first and only PCR quality, single-use, COVID-19 at home, self-test kit is available for $55 to all Amazon US customers EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lucira Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: ...

Using clinical samples obtained from diagnostic labs throughout the U.S. from 2020 to 2023, the National Institutes of Health, through its Variant Task Force, analyzed the effectiveness of more than ...

More than 56,000 COVID-19 antigen rapid test kits have been recalled because they were distributed without appropriate clearance or approval by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. In a news release ...